Author: Rosenbaum, Arnold S.; Nelson, Gina A.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson released the Final Regulations for Security Standards in final form in February 2003. The security standards were developed to help safeguard confidential health information, which is being processed increasingly by computers.

The mandates require covered ent....

Author: Friedman, Beth; Pierson, Ed

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

Do you remember the "good old days"--as in do you remember when all we had to worry about was modems.

In a recent article, Gary Hamel wrote, "The world is becoming turbulent faster than organizations are becoming resilient." And this affects both individuals and t....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2004

One of the most useful lessons I learned while working in healthcare quality improvement was the Pareto Principle, often referred to as the 80/20 rule. The concept is that in any endeavor, 20 percent of something is always responsible for 80 percent of the results.

This phenomenon i....

Author: Levin, Jerry

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: November 02, 2003

Access to patient information and the associated security and privacy issues required under HIPAA has set off a firestorm of concerns around technologies developed to address and simplify compliance. Executives charged with shepherding these technologies have been overwhelmed with the respons....

Author: Banzhof, Carl

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: October 02, 2003

In the past year alone, more than 4,100 new network vulnerabilities were identified and reported, according to Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center statistics. Throughout the past eight years, this number has dramatically increased, and as a result, IT professionals have inher....

Author: Derhak, Mike

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: September 02, 2003

Inappropriate sharing of protected health information. Sending intimidating e-mails. Browsing inappropriate Web sites. Downloading unauthorized Web content. Software, music, or video piracy. These are just a few examples of internal security breaches companies may face. According to the 2003....

Author: Ruano, Michael

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: September 02, 2003

Part seven in a 10-part series.
This article is the seventh of a 10-part series that introduces the domains of information security and relates them to federal HIPAA regulations. The information security domain of applications and systems development includes topics that cover the craft....

Author: Ruano, Michael

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: August 02, 2003

Part six in a 10-part series.
This article is the sixth of a 10-part series that introduces the domains of information security and relates them to federal HIPAA regulations. The information security domain of operations security includes the topics of controls, protections, monitoring,....

Author: Gallagher, Lisa; Yale, Ken

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: August 02, 2003

The HIPAA privacy rule requires that a covered entity (CE) institute appropriate administrative, technical, and physical measures to reasonably safeguard the privacy of protected health information (PHI). In order to keep information “private,” it must be kept safe or secure. Therefore, logic....

Author: Ruano, Michael

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: July 02, 2003

Part five in a 10-part series.
This article is the fifth of a 10-part series that introduces the domains of information security and relates them to federal HIPAA regulations. The information security domain of security architecture and models speaks to computer architectures, security....