Latest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Stories

ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) announced today to its growing membership of nearly 300 member companies in 11 different countries that the hour-long monthly webinars will be included as a member benefit. The two monthly webinars series focus on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Business Practice (GBP). Christine Pierre, President of SCRS, commented, "Our monthly webinars have been an incredible value to...

Leader in HIPAA-Compliant Secure Messaging Solutions Announces Several Major Health Care Enterprise Customers Wins SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TigerText, Inc., the leader in secure compliant real-time text messaging for the enterprise, today announced that in early 2013 it won four system-wide contracts with large U.S. health care organizations, including new clients Adventist Health California, Scottsdale Health Partners, Stamford Hospital, and University of...

State Health Plan Deploys Edifecs ICD-10 Impact Analytics, Code Management and Test Management (PRWEB) February 25, 2013 Today, Edifecs, Inc., a leading healthcare software provider specializing in regulatory compliance solutions for State Medicaids, health plans and other healthcare organizations, announced that CNSI has chosen the company as its strategic partner for ICD-10. CNSI, the organization designated to manage ICD-10 transition for the State of Michigan will be deploying Edifecs...

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare organizations' privacy programs are still understaffed and underfunded, even while millions of patients' protected health information (PHI) are compromised. Securing PHI in healthcare is an obstacle, with 94 percent of healthcare organizations suffering data breaches in the past two years, according to the Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security. Organizations face new challenges with the...

Session Explores Testing Challenges for a Large Healthcare Payer, Provides Testing Strategy Framework Bellevue, Wash. (PRWEB) February 18, 2013 An ICD-10 expert from Edifecs, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare software solutions, will present an ICD-10 internal testing case study at the 21st National HIPAA Summit in Washington D.C. on Feb. 19 – 21. This year’s Summit focuses on the impact of government mandates, including ICD-10, HITECH and overall health reform on privacy,...

MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The SSI Group, Inc. (SSI) announced today that Terry Pefanis accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer and Mary Hyland was promoted to Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Chief Privacy Officer. In addition to his role as Chief Financial Officer, Pefanis will serve as a Vice President and the Chief Compliance Officer at SSI. Pefanis was previously the Chief Financial Officer for Healthtech Holdings, Inc., where he was...

AISHealth.com’s new feature allows registered users to download free white papers from leading health care organizations. Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 15, 2013 Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS), industry-leading health business information publisher, is pleased to announce the launch of a new feature on AISHealth.com, “White Papers, Studies and Surveys,” that shares recent research findings and survey results from leading health care organizations. With a simple...

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Department of Information Resources is moving to the cloud with Microsoft Office 365 as part of a statewide IT modernization strategy. Office 365, an always-up-to-date cloud productivity service, will streamline and improve the state's communication and collaboration capabilities for more than 100,000 employees, making it the largest statewide deployment of email and collaboration services in the U.S. Office 365 has already...

High Bit Security: Recent penetration test of medical facility exposes patient information valued at $1,000,000.00. Rochester, MI (PRWEB) February 14, 2013 Penetration testing performed by High Bit Security on a Midwestern medical facility dramatically illustrates the ease with which hackers can obtain Protected Health Information. (PHI) “When High Bit Security tested the medical facility, we obtained access to patient medical records, including name, address, next of kin, social...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenuity® Systems, a leading provider of biomedical information and analysis solutions, today announced that it has passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) audit, confirming that Ingenuity's data center and Ingenuity Variant Analysis are in compliance with relevant Federal Regulations. HIPAA Certification mandates strong security controls for managing patient information. By meeting the HIPAA...