Tag Archives: Privacy and Security

The Blurry Lines Between Patients and Healthcare Social Media

by Deborah C. Wells, MS, CPHIMS, member, HIMSS e-Connecting with the Consumer Committee and HIMSS ACO Task Force; Co-chair HIMSS Enterprise HIE Toolkit Task Force, and Strategic Consultant, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia We all know the convenience and ease of communication that cell … Continue reading

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PSST! – Don’t forget about DIRECT!

Here is latest monthly blog from the HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee…called PSST!  Keep reading to learn more about this month’s topic –The DIRECT project, by HIMSS P&S Committee member Nathan Gibson, CISSP, MCSE, CPHIMS Privacy Officer, West Virginia Medical Institute. … Continue reading

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PSST! – What is Data Segmentation? Find out at HIMSS13!

Here is latest monthly blog from the HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee…called PSST!  Keep reading to learn more about this month’s topic –Data Segmentation at HIMSS Annual Conference, by HIMSS P&S Committee member Lynda Rowe, Lead Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton. As … Continue reading

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Healthcare IT Security – Continuing Our Focus into 2013

Security, privacy, and regulatory compliance in healthcare have been topics of recent public dialogue. Those of you who know HIMSS, our Privacy and Security Committee (and me!) know that we are committed to helping our members and the industry address the … Continue reading

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Congress Looks at Meaningful Use

By Willa Fields, DNSc, RN, FHIMSS, Chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors, and Professor in the School of Nursing at San Diego State University in San Diego, California I knew that being Chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors … Continue reading

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PSST! – Privacy and Security in a Mobile World

Here is latest installment from the HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee…called PSST!  Keep reading to learn more about the column and this month’s topic – Privacy and Security in a Mobile World, from Jason Zellmer, Director – Information Security, Kaiser Permanente and … Continue reading

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HITr – The “New” Fraud and Abuse Crisis: A Bump or Evolution in the Electronic Road?

by Stephen R. Levinson, MD, HIMSS member “Why does opportunity usually come cleverly disguised as an unsolvable problem?” This brilliant insight appeared as the opening challenge in a 1995 presentation by Northwestern University’s director of medical management to an audience attempting to … Continue reading

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EHRs: for the Right Reasons

by Elizabeth Casey Halley RN, MBA FHIMSS                                                                            eNurse Mentor with HIMSS                                                                                                         former Chair, HIMSS Nursing Informatics Committee                                                                     Over the years, it has been a privilege to participate, alongside my nursing informatics colleagues, in efforts to support and promote the integration of electronic health … Continue reading

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PSST! – What does trust have to do with it?

Here is latest installment from the HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee…called PSST!. Keep reading to learn more about the column and this month’s topic – Patient Trust by Kenneth G. Hartman, CISSP, CPHIMS, GSEC The HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee chose … Continue reading

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PSST! – Your Medical Device Sky is Falling!

Here is the latest installment from the HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee…called PSST!  Keep reading to learn more about the column and this month’s topic – Medical Device Security and Risk Management. by Dennis M. Seymour, Chief Security Architect, Ellumen, Inc. The … Continue reading

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