Indiscernible data management systems, poor training and simple mistakes can put this highly sensitive information in the wrong hands. Read More »
Category: Software for Chiropractors
Slow and steady may be a good thing for health IT
Recently, Health IT Security spoke with Kimberly Gray, global chief privacy officer for a healthcare information services and technology company, who said that the push to adopt web based medical software has forced many providers to go back to the basics of making patient information security a top priority. Read More »
What role can DCs play in patient-centered medical homes?
In an effort to create a new model for the organization and delivery of healthcare in the U.S., federal officials devised the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), also known as the primary care medical home. Read More »
How to deal with the influx of data from ICD-10
According to a report in EHR Intelligence, the ICD-10 update is nothing to be skimmed over, and practitioners should realize that it will ultimately help make information stored on chiropractic EHRs and other web based medical software easier to analyze and use in a meaningful way. Read More »
Data encryption can help protect info stored in chiropractic EHRs
As with any mode of storing information, there are risks of breach involved. Luckily, practitioners can protect their chiropractic EHRs with data encryption. Read More »
EHR software provides peace of mind during natural disasters
Perhaps one of the biggest drawbacks of having patients’ sensitive medical information stowed away in cluttered filing cabinets is that the data is rendered destructible by floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires or a number of other natural disasters. Read More »
Supreme Court’s healthcare ruling set for June 28
With the final ruling set to come out so soon, healthcare IT experts have begun to make predictions on which provisions will be kept and which may be found unconstitutional. Read More »
Healthcare IT specialists emphasize need for a countrywide HIE system
In order to meet a movement within this industry centered on unifying medical specialists across the board, health IT professionals believe that the best option is to form a public health information exchange (HIE) that would connect medical facilities across the country. Read More »