Tag: HIPAA compliant data centers

Tackling Healthcare CIO Challenges: Securing Infrastructure, IT Expertise and Costs

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Thu Pham

Nearly one in five healthcare CIOs have had a security breach within the past 12 months, according to statistics compiled by McKesson in Understanding Your CIO. Their top infrastructure IT focus is on systems that secure personal health information (22 … Continue reading →

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HIPAA Breach Lessons Learned: Store PHI in HIPAA Compliant Data Centers; Not Locally

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Thu Pham

While no records were broken when it comes to number of health records disclosed per data breach, the top HIPAA breaches of last year still come with some hard lessons learned about technical and physical security. Learn from their mistakes … Continue reading →

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The Effect of Michigan Health System Mergers on Health IT

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Thu Pham

Last year, Michigan saw widespread health system mergers, with a focus on the need to deliver integrated care. Part of the change may come from a shift in how healthcare is sold, meaning a switch from the traditional fee-for-service model … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Industry Loses $7 Billion Due to HIPAA Data Breaches

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Thu Pham

A recent study released in December 2012 by the Ponemon Institute, the Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security, reveals an inside look at the growing data breaches in the healthcare industry. Recurring data breaches are increasing … Continue reading →

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PCI & HIPAA Data Breaches of 2012: Lessons Learned

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Thu Pham

Here’s a review of the top 2012 data breaches within both the PCI and HIPAA compliant industries, and a quick analysis of what went wrong so you can easily learn from their lessons without accruing the associated costs and legalities. … Continue reading →

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Latest Federal Mobile Malware Report

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Thu Pham

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), recently released a report on the latest versions of mobile malware to affect Android smartphones. Two versions … Continue reading →

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Online Tech Continues Midwest Tour of Health IT Conferences; Exhibiting Secure HIPAA Hosting Solutions

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Thu Pham

Continuing on a tour of the Midwest’s health IT conferences, Online Tech will be exhibiting at the Indiana HIMSS Fall Technology Conference on November 6, hosted by the Indiana Chapter of HIMSS. Conference topics will include: Keynote speech – How … Continue reading →

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Online Tech Exhibits at 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C.

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Thu Pham

Online Tech will be attending and exhibiting at the 2012 mHealth Summit held in Washington, DC from December 3-5. Hosted at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, the conference will (from mHealthSummit.org): Provide networking opportunities with leading-edge and c-level … Continue reading →

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How to Handle an IT Security Incident, According to NIST

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Thu Pham

The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has released a Computer Security Incident Handling Guide detailing a very thorough overview of how to detect, analyze and isolate an incident (data breach, loss, unauthorized access or otherwise); response and notification … Continue reading →

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mHealth & Multi-Compliance

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Thu Pham

Last week, Eric Wicklund, Editor of mHIMSS.org reported on new tools for physicians and patients to support payment processing and the ability to check insurance eligibility while using an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. These tools must, by nature of … Continue reading →

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