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From HIPAABook.com:

These are the top 10 essential HIPAA books for IT managers to read. Each of these popular titles was rated most highly useful by the cutomers at Amazon.

Read article: Top 10 highest-rated HIPAA books for IT Managers

Niner Niner, a collaborative weblog network, has over 25 great blogs and this “Best Of” highlights just a few of the posts that were written by some of the Niner authors, in topics that range from High Heels, Ajax, HIPAA Privacy Regulation to gadgets, books and health. 

     

In Ajax Blog, Sreejith introduces us to a few new things. First is Vox a new blogging service from Six Apart that uses WYSIWYG with a taste of web 2.0. After that we learn about Krun.ch and Wishlistr.

   

Blogging Naked: Scarification and lip plates are shown to be some of the newest and more popular form of “self-expression” in recent years.

Bookadoodle: Nancy Callahan posted more in her series “Getting Published” and this latest edition was part 5.

Boomer 2.0 had posts that pointed out that boomers can still have that second career and another that shows many are not even planning retirement anytime soon.

In Class Action Questions find out about lawsuits involving pyramid scams, hair raising beauty product claims and why State Farm was penalized.

Credit Cardenza: Unfortunately, millions of people are drowning in  credit card debt, have to worry about credit scams and fraud, and let’s not even talk about the international fees.

  

Dealsneak managed to sneak more than a few deals pass us this summer including, the Samsonite laptop case, a gorgeous leather bench, and a sweet looking Thermaltake Tsunami computer case.

Feed Money discusses the fact the Ebay has jumped on the contextual ad bandwagon as well as blog feeds and a program called RSS To Blog.

If you need to Fix Your Finances one of the first steps is learning how to save your money. After that you can check out Mvelopes to learn all about budgets.

At Games For Money you can find places to play free online gambling games and also learn some card counting tricks and tips.

  

The High Heels Blogs show us which killer heels are on sale including boots, sandals, slides and mules. Also take a look at some killer wedding heels for this summers nuptials.

 

A few notable gadgets that were blogged in the HyperGadget blog were the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader, and the jumbled and messy looking organizer.

Over at the Medcare Forum, Kathleen Milazzo tells us more about that scary mad cow disease and our medical privacy laws.

Find out just how much house you can afford before you go running off to get that mortgage. And is the housing bubble really ready to blow? All this and more in Mortgage Updates.

At My Secret Side Biz learn how to make a profit, how to get your own powerwash, and simple business and Ebay tips.

On Healthy Living: Sarah White tells us all about a new study that could help with asthma reduction when it comes to do light exercise that involves stead breathing like yoga.

On Movies has a decade of super heroes list that includes recent and unreleased movies. Leafworks reviewed The Omen and we got to see the trailer for the new Ghost Rider movie.

Powersellers Blog: Ebay has done it. They finally reached 200 million members and they are also expanding into new ideas. Also people are fed up with Paypal while crooks are finding more ways to defraud your account.

Seo Updates: Yahoo one of the biggest email services was hit with a worm and Google expanded into real estate but won’t be making a browser, at least not anytime soon.

Get some free exercise tips from The Diet Logs. You will certainly need them if you plan to take a bite of this $100 burger.

Living the Single life? Well take a look at some great break up lines and if your looking to meet people Leafworks posted a great review of club La Rumba.

Thumb Gods: Nintendo is no, no to the name Wii for their new console a game system that is at the end of this long list containing The Evolution of Video Game Consoles.

Las Vegas Revealed that it was ill prepared for a massive disaster, but til then you can still get married and get comp’d in Vegas.

 

Wander the World, well the State of Colorado with Leafworks. He takes us to the Cherry Blossom Festival, Gothnic in Denver, Old Colorado City, Plaza del Arte Festival in Downtown Denver and Garden of the Gods.

HDMCorp has many training series to teach you and your employees everything they need to know about HIPAA Compliance.

HIPAA established a set of rules governing privacy and confidentiality of health care information for covered entities under HIPAA. The federal government has mandated compliance and employees must complete HIPAA training on privacy and confidentiality by April 13, 2003.

They bring you up to date on all the newest laws and conditions that have been set and has a complete training series. It can also help you move all your paper files into electronic devices safely and privately.

Just catching up on a bit of HIPAA / Healthcare / Privacy news of late.

Seems IBM announced that it was acquiring Healthlink, the largest U.S. consulting firm dedicated to the health-care industry.

Rochelle Garner of CRN reports:

IBM announced Tuesday that it will buy Healthlink, the largest U.S. consulting firm dedicated to the health-care industry. The acquisition gives IBM Global Services the domain expertise of Healthlink’s 550-person professional organization, including 300 physicians, nurses and pharmacists. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The acquisition is the second in one week in which a large IT consulting company acquired the health-care expertise of another. Last week, Accenture paid $175 million to buy the U.S. health-care practice of Capgemini. The 600 North American employees of Europe’s largest consulting company will join Accenture’s Health and Life Sciences practice in North America, the companies said. Paris-based Capgemini will retain its outsourcing contracts with U.S. health-care clients as well as continue health-care consulting in the federal public sector.

A Linux news site is reporting:

Ecora has released Enterprise Auditor version 3.6 that includes its new HIPAA Report Pack, a collection of more than 150 pre-built report definitions that address the technical and administrative safeguards of the HIPAA security standard.

“The manual process of preparing for a HIPAA security audit is time consuming, resource intensive, and prohibits sustainability, said Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of Ecora. “When organizations look at technology for compliance, they need to consider automated solutions such as our Enterprise Auditor that can cost-effectively help them maintain compliance in a repeatable and sustainable manner.”

Read more here

Techweb reports:

Enforcement of the security regulations–like earlier HIPAA rules for privacy–will be complaint-driven, he says. Since the HIPAA privacy regulations, which identify what personal health information needs to be protected, took effect two years ago this month, there have been nearly 11,000 complaints filed to the federal government by patients and others. As of January, about 62% of those privacy-violation complaints had been resolved, according to CMS. The others are still being processed or have been turned over to the Justice Department for criminal investigation.

Interesting survey stats:

A survey conducted earlier this year by Privacy and American Business and Harris Interactive showed that 70% of Americans are concerned that their personal health information could be disclosed because of weak data security, and 69% think electronic health records could result in the sharing of their health information without their knowledge. Sixty-five percent think patients will withhold information from doctors because of those concerns.

Some background on HIPAA, and Bush’s goals for electronic medical records:

HIPAA, which was passed by Congress in 1996, was written before the more recent federal push to have the health industry replace paper-based patient files with digital records. The Bush administration last year set a goal for most Americans to have electronic health records by 2014. The government estimates that billions of dollars can be saved annually in the United States by widespread IT deployments that can help reduce medical errors, costs, and waste.

Link: Addressing IT Security Issues in the Era of Regulations (ie HIPAA)

Paul B. Kurtz, Former Special Assistant to the President for Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Ron Moritz, Senior VP and Chief Security Strategist For Computer Associates, to Provide Keynote Addresses

Morristown, NJ April 12, 2005 – IP Events, the producer of the Security Leadership Council (SLC), announced today that its next live, non-commercial e-Conference will focus on emerging new threats in IT security and the role of recent government legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and GLBA. This online e-Conference will map the latest security threats and challenges, available solutions, and how to strike a healthy balance between government regulations and business prerogatives.

“We are honored to continually bring the world’s top industry leaders to share their views and address questions of security professionals and corporate executives. This two-day e-Conference along with our new online resource center, is an efficient way to keep on top of trends, stay informed on industry products, and interact with peers,” said Ido Ganor, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher of IP Events.

More HIPAA guidelines in the works due soon from nonprofit group.

Data Protection

HIPAA’s security rules, which were published in The Federal Register in April 2003, specify administrative, technical and physical measures that companies have to implement to protect confidential patient data.

Jopp said the working group’s compliance guidelines are based on a variety of sources, including best-practices documents, case studies and standards efforts by organizations such as the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

The guidelines are meant to give IT and business managers “a better feel for what it will take to comply” with the HIPAA rules, said Mark McClaughlin, a Dubuque, Iowa-based regulatory policy analyst at McKesson Corp. McClaughlin is an adviser to the WEDI and co-chairman of the security working group.

Such guidance could be potentially useful, especially for smaller health care organizations that might be struggling to understand HIPAA’s requirements, said a former member of the working group who requested anonymity.

“The problem with the security rule is that it isn’t easy to implement,” he said, adding that many companies “are looking for someone to tell them, ‘Here’s how to do it.’”

Read the entire article at Computerworld

Acusis Announces Preparedness for 2005 HIPAA Security Deadline

Acusis Announces Preparedness for 2005 HIPAA Security Deadline

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 10, 2004–Acusis(R), a leading provider of outsourced medical transcription services, has announced today their associates completed a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) education and training course. Over 540 employees globally have participated in the push to be ready to meet the upcoming HIPAA regulations.

The completion comes months before the compliance deadline for HIPAA’s Security Rule in April 2005, indicating Acusis is doing their part to ensure meeting the transition deadline is as smooth as possible for healthcare organizations. In order to demonstrate to hospitals, clinics, and physician practices Acusis is committed to safeguarding the confidentiality and security of protected electronic health information, associates are required to complete the HIPAA training course annually.

“Acusis has built our model around HIPAA-protected health information guidelines. By making ourselves prepared for the 2005 deadline in advanced, we can assure we are doing the best we can to encourage a seamless transition in April for our customers,” said David Iwinski, Jr., Acusis President and CEO.

The course educates associates on HIPAA awareness, privacy and security and follows with a formal assessment of employees’ understanding of the rules. Health Care Compliance Strategies (HCCS) presented Acusis with a Certificate of Completion.

In addition to the required formal annual HIPAA training, Acusis has their worldwide associates sign a Non-Disclosure/Confidentiality Policy. Last June, Siemens Medical Solutions completed an independent assessment its HIPAA compliance initiative. Acusis has technology systems in place for data encryption, virtual private network safeguards, firewall multiple layers, intrusion detection systems and disaster recovery redundancies.

About Acusis(R)

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Acusis provides cost-effective, accurate outsourced medical transcription services to hospitals, clinics and large physician practices throughout the United States. Through its proprietary Web-based software, AcuSuite(R), Acusis uses a secure method to manage the entire transcription process from capturing dictations to delivering electronic reports. Acusis delivers accurate reports within a tailored 24-hour or less turnaround. With a global team of more than 600 associates throughout the U.S. and India, Acusis provides world-class quality, customer satisfaction, seamless integration, and highly competitive prices. For more information on Acusis, visit www.acusis.com or contact us at all.ears@acusis.com or 866.837.6158.

From HIPAAClickAndComply.com:

HIPAA compliance is a great challenge to health organizations. Our HIPAA compliance training software can make this a manageable task. The HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to any organization that handles protected health information. HIPAA requires mandatory training. The consequences for non-compliance include civil and criminal penalties.

Basic Privacy Awareness Training – This primer course teaches the general HIPAA privacy requirements. It provides useful context for almost anyone in your organization even if they do not directly work with health information. But it is also a prerequisite to our other courses.

Policies and Procedures Training – This course is designed to meet the HIPAA Federal rule (§164.530(b1)) that your organization “…train all members of its workforce on the policies and procedures with respect to protected health information…appropriate…to carry out their function”. Anyone who comes in contact with patient health information should take this course, which gives workers a thorough understanding about how to protect patients’ privacy and rights. Basic Awareness Training, which is included at no extra charge, must be successfully completed before starting the Policies and Procedures Training.

Privacy Officer Training – This course covers the HIPAA details not covered in the two prerequisite courses above (which are included at no extra charge) that a Privacy Officer should know. Organizations like yours must appoint at least one Privacy Officer to perform the duties that are detailed in this training.

Click here for a free demo.

The HHSDC Training Center offers a variety of HIPAA training courses available for group purchase. These courses cover the following HIPAA topics:

• HIPAA Overview
• Privacy
• Security
• Transactions, Code Sets, and Identifiers
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• EDI Gap Analysis
• ASC X12 Syntax
• HIPAA Implementation Planning

You may choose among four training providers – Covansys, Gartner Consulting, KPMG Consulting, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP – and a variety of courses offered by each provider.

To schedule a class, simply contact the HHSDC Training Center at (916) 739-7502. See below for more information.

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