Herding Cats: Controlling the Privacy Breach Epidemic in Healthcare

Community Guest Blog Post by Rita Bowen, MA RHIA, CHPS, SSGB, Senior Vice President and Privacy Officer, HealthPort

Like herding cats, adhering to HIPAA and preventing privacy breaches is a full-time effort requiring concentration and diligence. Over 90 percent of breaches are caused by human error. The remaining are more nefarious, potentially involving medical identity theft, medical fraud or organized crime.

The Unwritten Rules of Social Media

Community Guest Blog Post by Rick Limpert

If you are an avid baseball fan, you would be familiar with the fact that baseball has what they call "unwritten rules".  There are rules that may not be visible on paper, but through over 100 years of professional baseball, they are rules that as a professional courtesy or by using common sense - players and managers are expected to abide by.

Perfecting The Art of the User-Friendly EMR

Community Guest Blog Post by Jennifer Dennard, Porter Research

Usability - a general term that is broad in its applicability, especially in terms of healthcare IT (HIT), can best be distilled into two, more specific terms - user experience (UX) and user-centered design (UCD). Both are being bandied about a bit more than usual, as software developers place renewed focus on creating HIT solutions that not only will enable providers to more effectively utilize tools like electronic medical records (EMRs), but that will also differentiate themselves from competitors.

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How Healthcare IT Learns from the Past

Community Guest Blog Post by Jack Williams, President, HealthIT Project Managers

During a recent phone interview, the CIO of a large health system in Canada made an interesting point when he compared EMR implementations today with equally large ERP implementations of the past.

Tracking Georgia’s Tech Legislation

Community Blog Post by Tino Mantella, President, Technology Association of Georgia

February is a busy month for TAG on the government relations front. The legislative session is in full swing and we have the opportunity to shine a spotlight on Georgia’s technology industry during High Tech Day at the Capitol. I also testify in front of the House Science and Technology Committee about the issues that are most important to our technology community.