Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 14th April, 2018

Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/gao-lack-of-security-controls-put-medicare-beneficiary-data-at-riskGAO: Lack of security controls put Medicare beneficiary data at risk By Greg SlabodkinPublished April 06 2018, 7:19am EDTThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs to improve its oversight of security controls for Medicare beneficiary data used by research organizations and qualified entities, according to an audit by the Government Accountability Office.While CMS has developed guidance for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC), GAO says the agency has not developed similar guidance for research organizations such as colleges, universities and non-profit institutes, which is putting Medicare beneficiary... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - Category: Information Technology Authors: Source Type: blogs