From it’s inception, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (or the HITECH Act) was intended to further enforce many rules within the Health Insurance Portability and ...

Since it was first enacted, the healthcare industry has been under constant pressure to keep personal healthcare information (PHI) secure and to remain compliant with the evolving rules and ...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series this week focusing on expert advice on complying with HIPAA and preparing for HITECH regulations. The HITECH compliance date for business ...

At this point, you already know about the Obama administration's goals for widespread EHR adoption, about the $19 billion being invested in healthcare IT, and about the carrots being offered to entice ...

Robert LaMagna-Reiter, vice president and chief information security officer at First National Technology Solutions, better known as FNTS, says healthcare organizations increasingly are using industry ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The HITECH Act is a law that requires healthcare organizations to convert medical records into electronic files and protecting this online data is at the ...

Investigations by the Office for Civil Rights related to compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act will no longer be initiated by only complaints and self-reported ...

Clearwater Compliance welcomes renowned healthcare lawyer Elizabeth Warren, J.D., as a faculty member for its upcoming HIPAA-HITECH BootCamp™, January 16, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Warren is a ...

The two final rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act's electronic health record incentive program, which address encryption and other privacy and security issues, were released on the Federal Register ...

The news in 2015 has been filled with high profile data breaches of healthcare information. As the use and exchange of healthcare information continues to increase ...