I fear the security of patient information in electronic health records has gone from bad to worse. First we learn that more people are withholding information from their providers who use EHRs ...

FierceEMR recently reported on a North Carolina State University study that says it isn't necessarily the unwillingness of stakeholders or cost issues that's impeding the proliferation of EHRs, it's ...

Progressive Therapeutics in Framingham, Massachusetts, provides psychiatric care for patients in the greater Metrowest area of the Bay State. It has nine licensed mental health professionals on staff, ...

Ottawa, ON, and Reston, VA, September 20, 2007. In response to recent findings of the eHealth Vulnerability Reporting Program (eHVRP) study announced on Monday, Third Brigade, a security software ...

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards of Technology, is circulating a draft guidance on best practices for securing ...

Role-based access control (RBAC) restricts access to patient data based on job responsibilities, reducing risk. Encryption methods like symmetric and asymmetric key schemes safeguard sensitive health ...

A recent large hacking incident and a separate vulnerability disclosure involving two different vendors' products related to electronic health records serve as the latest reminders of the potential ...

Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. The intent of SB 850 is relatively simple, its author Mark Leno ...

With more than $30 billion spent on the HITECH Act's "meaningful use" electronic health records incentive program, Congress has been scrutinizing EHR interoperability, secure health data exchange and ...

The U.S. Defense Department (DoD) Inspector general revealed that it will conduct the first in a series of security audits of the U.S. Army’s electronic health record system. The purpose of the audit, ...

The Defense Department inspector general said it will audit the security of the Army’s electronic health records and individually identifiable health information in August. “Our objective is to ...