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Breach Notification: Technically Speaking
November 18, 2009 9:50 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
While researching for my encryption article, " Are You Secured? " I was struck by what I would consider a loophole in the breach notification rules. According to the new regulations, when a security breach or theft occurs, the covered entity or business Read More...
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Movies and Medical Records
November 3, 2009 12:47 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: The following blog was written by Mark McGraw, an associate editor on staff at ADVANCE .) It's movie night, and you're not interested in subtitles or surrealism. Maybe next week you'll go for the one with the "Winner: Best Foreign Language Read More...
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PHRs Go Overseas
October 29, 2009 9:26 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
If you've been following Jay's blog, " XY Files in and MT World ," recently, you know there have been some frightening reports of medical records being sold overseas. It's enough to make you hunker down in the States and demand your records stay local. Read More...
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AHIMA 2009: Off to Grapevine
October 2, 2009 10:11 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Anytime someone mentions this year's American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Convention and Exhibit, I immediately think of the song, "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," because, well, the event's being held in Grapevine, TX. Problem Read More...
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Public Tweets, Private Matters
September 16, 2009 11:33 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
I'm wrapping up an extensive print and online package about social media for our September issue (Look for it next week!), and with all the reading, interviewing and, yes, tweeting I did to research the phenomenon, I thought I'd heard everything. Well, Read More...
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Privacy Problem Causes Real-Life Drama
July 21, 2009 9:14 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
There's been quite a buzz at ADVANCE headquarters about the television phenomena "Nurse Jackie" and "HawthoRNe." Staffers wonder: is it realistic , do nurses approve of the portrayal and--at least around the HIM desk--how many HIPAA violations can they Read More...
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HIPAA be damned?
July 14, 2009 8:05 AM by Lynn Jusinski
[Editor's note: This is a guest blog by ADVANCE for Nurses editor Lyn A.E. McCafferty, who contributes to the "ADVANCE Perspective: Nurses " blog featured on the ADVANCE for Nurses Web site.] If you think the fictional Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe are bad Read More...
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Patient Consent Gets New Meaning
February 27, 2009 10:37 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
It's Friday. The weekend is almost here. Friends are coming in from out of town. So of course, I'm gathering all the weird news I can to make for some interesting dinner conversation. And the great debate over patient privacy has turned up two gems: First Read More...
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HITECH Alters HIPAA
February 26, 2009 3:29 PM by Lynn Jusinski
By now, most of us have heard a few of the details in the economic stimulus package signed by the president Feb. 17. You'll have $13 extra stuffed in your paychecks each week starting April Fool's Day, and money will go toward green initiatives. Did you Read More...
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Harsher HIPAA Might Not Hurt
February 19, 2009 12:42 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
As health care advocates and political pundits commend, tank or simply expound upon privacy provisions in the stimulus package, this morning's Google alerts remind us why HIPAA is oh-so-important in the first place. CVS Caremark Corp. has agreed to a Read More...
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A Supreme Controversy
October 8, 2008 3:02 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
Privacy issues are tipping the scales of justice as the Supreme Court of Ohio will determine whether private health information can be released in a civil case against Planned Parenthood. The parents of a minor who got an abortion at Planned Parenthood Read More...
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