Perhaps the best-known hospital CIO in the country loves the potential of mobile devices to improve care, but he cautions that healthcare organizations had better understand and act to mitigate the risks mobility can introduce.
Writing on the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality’s Web M&M online journal, Dr. John Halamka, CIO of CareGroup Healthcare System [...]
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Halamka to test ways to reduce mobile device distraction
A Possible Mobile Health App to Compliment EMR #mhs11
Source: John, EMR and HIPAA Content: “One of the really interesting companies that Iâve seen at both the Digital Health Conference in NYC and now at the mHealth Summit in DC is a company called Force Therapeutics. This company is part of the Startup Health crew of companies and have a pretty interesting product for [...]
When HIPAA applies to mobile applications
By Adam H. Greene, JD, MPH, former Senior Health Information Technology and Privacy Specialist at the HHS Office for Civil Rights, where he was responsible for applying the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules to health IT, now a partner in the Health IT/HIPAA practice of Davis Wright Tremaine.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability [...]
Mobile health: How to comply with HIPAA
Source: Adam H. Greene, mobihealthnews Content: “Once you have established that your mobile application is going to be subject to HIPAA, the next step is making sure that it allows its users (HIPAA covered entities or business associates) to fully comply with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. You will need to focus [...]
HIPAA, Mobile Devices, and Your Practice: Policies, Anyone?
When personal computing devices are used in a professional capacity â namely for the access and transmission of patient data â it may be necessary for a practice to set guidelines for use. (Source: Physicians Practice)
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How mobile health can abide by HIPAA
Source: Neil Versel, mobihealthnews Content: “Lest anyone forget, the HITECH Act not only provides some $27 billion in financial incentives for healthcare providers to switch to electronic health records, it strengthens HIPAA privacy and security provisions and increases the penalties for violating HIPAA. This, according to one vendor, partially explains why some organizations have been [...]
Prediction: 14 percent to use mobile health apps
In 2011, some 14 percent of adult Americans will use a mobile health app to manage their health, wellness, and chronic conditions, according to IDC. Why? “Demographics are accelerating this trend. Health reform will make these approaches even more important as the industry shifts to new delivery and reimbursement models,” IDC writes in its 2011 [...]
iSALUS Healthcare Launches New EMR-EHR iPhone Mobile Application
iSALUS Healthcare, one of the country’s top web-based Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Practice Management software companies that exclusively focuses on small and medium sized physician practices, today announced the launch of an iPhone mobile application. The new HIPAA-compliant mobile EMR-EHR service allows doctors to access critical patient records and office information from their iPhones. [...]
HIPAA HITECH Compliant Mobile Apps Available for Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile Smartphones
Canvas Provides Health Care Organizations With The Ability To Securely Collect Patient Sensitive Health Information For EMR Systems On Mobile Devices. (PRWeb May 11, 2010)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/05/prweb3985014.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
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