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Buddy Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center, Discusses His CHIME Survey on HIPAA And IT Security, Chapter 2
Buddy Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center, Discusses His CHIME Survey on HIPAA And IT Security, Chapter 1
CHIME Wants Reduced Reporting Burden In Proposed HIPAA Changes
Proposed HIPAA changes establish standards that would be difficult for providers to meet and should be scaled back, according to comments filed by CHIME. The organization said the rules rely too much on technical capabilities that are not widely available and fail to acknowledge the amount of human intervention that will be necessary to achieve […]
Is Your HIE Taking Privacy Seriously Enough?
In late June, it was reported that the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was bringing suit against the Rhode Island Department of Health, claiming that the rules adopted by DOH to establish a statewide HIE do not go far enough, nor are they explicit enough, to protect patient privacy. In its suit, the ACLU asks the Rhode Island State Superior Court to declare the rules made public by the DOH “incomplete and not compliant with HIE requirements.”