Amazon seeks HIPAA expert for new health care initiative
Amazon.com Inc. is looking to recruit an expert in the U.S. federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations that govern health care data, according to a job listing.
The “HIPAA Compliance Lead” will own and operate the security and compliance elements of a “new initiative,” the job description states.
The person will also ensure that all technology and business processes meet Amazon's HIPAA business associate agreement requirements. The job posting suggests… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - January 18, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Casey Coombs Source Type: news
Amazon seeks HIPAA expert for new health care initiative
Amazon.com Inc. is looking to recruit an expert in the U.S. federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations that govern health care data, according to a job listing.
The “HIPAA Compliance Lead” will own and operate the security and compliance elements of a “new initiative,” the job description states.
The person will also ensure that all technology and business processes meet Amazon's HIPAA business associate agreement requirements. The job posting suggests… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 18, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Casey Coombs Source Type: news
Amazon seeks HIPAA expert for new health care initiative
Amazon.com Inc. is looking to recruit an expert in the U.S. federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations that govern health care data, according to a job listing.
The “HIPAA Compliance Lead” will own and operate the security and compliance elements of a “new initiative,” the job description states.
The person will also ensure that all technology and business processes meet Amazon's HIPAA business associate agreement requirements. The job posting suggests… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - January 17, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Casey Coombs Source Type: news
Amazon seeks HIPAA expert for new health care initiative
Amazon.com Inc. is looking to recruit an expert in the U.S. federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations that govern health care data, according to a job listing.
The “HIPAA Compliance Lead” will own and operate the security and compliance elements of a “new initiative,” the job description states.
The person will also ensure that all technology and business processes meet Amazon's HIPAA business associate agreement requirements. The job posting suggests… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 17, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Casey Coombs Source Type: news
An Artful Merger Of Precision Medicine And Baseball
" ...and let ' s not forget the willfully misunderstood HIPAA system, used by everyone in healthcare as an excuse to avoid even the most beneficial data integration. " (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 17, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David Sable, Contributor Source Type: news
Accessing your own genomic data is a civil right but requires strategies to manage safety
(Cell Press) The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 expanded individuals' access to genetic information by forcing changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. These amendments gave Americans a civil right to obtain copies of their own genetic test results stored at HIPAA-regulated laboratories. In a commentary published Jan. 4 in the American Journal of Human Genetics, Barbara J. Evans, describes how civil rights and safety concerns collided after these changes and offers strategies to reconcile the two. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 4, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Hope or Hype?
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on the rise in the technology sector and has become a buzz-worthy topic in many corners of our digital world. The application of AI in the medical field holds great promise for improving patient health, but will doctors and patients feel comfortable using it? Young startups have begun leveraging this technology to prove better health outcomes, but there's still a lot to do before we'll see AI used pervasively in the clinic.
Current Landscape
To date, the sweet spot in healthcare AI has been pairing algorithms with structured exercises in reading patient data and medical images to...
Source: MDDI - January 3, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brian Scogland Tags: Software Source Type: news
9 Priorities for Practice Management in 2018
Looking to set your long-term goals for the coming year? Here are a few that will help get you started. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - January 3, 2018 Category: Practice Management Authors: Iulia Filip Tags: HIPAA Billing and Collections Revenue Cycle Management Patients Productivity Source Type: news
Pro Bono: Can You Really Protect All Patient Information?
Patient privacy can only go so far
Many communication practices play an important role in ensuring that a patient receives prompt and effective prehospital healthcare. Due to the nature of these practices, as well as the unique environment of EMS field medicine, the potential exists for the patient’s protected health information (PHI) to be disclosed “incidentally.” Incidental disclosure is part of the normal course of providing care to the patient, or, put another way, is “incident to” that care.
A bystander may overhear an EMS provider’s conversation with another provider about the patient, see the care that...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - January 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Wirth, Esq., EMT-P Tags: Columns Administration and Leadership Operations Source Type: news
Pro Bono: Can You Really Protect All Patient Information?
Patient privacy can only go so far
Many communication practices play an important role in ensuring that a patient receives prompt and effective prehospital healthcare. Due to the nature of these practices, as well as the unique environment of EMS field medicine, the potential exists for the patient’s protected health information (PHI) to be disclosed “incidentally.” Incidental disclosure is part of the normal course of providing care to the patient, or, put another way, is “incident to” that care.
A bystander may overhear an EMS provider’s conversation with another provider about the patient, see the care that...
Source: JEMS Operations - January 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Wirth, Esq., EMT-P Tags: Columns Administration and Leadership Operations Source Type: news
Pro Bono: Can You Really Protect All Patient Information?
Patient privacy can only go so far
Many communication practices play an important role in ensuring that a patient receives prompt and effective prehospital healthcare. Due to the nature of these practices, as well as the unique environment of EMS field medicine, the potential exists for the patient’s protected health information (PHI) to be disclosed “incidentally.” Incidental disclosure is part of the normal course of providing care to the patient, or, put another way, is “incident to” that care.
A bystander may overhear an EMS provider’s conversation with another provider about the patient, see the care that...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - January 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Wirth, Esq., EMT-P Tags: Columns Administration and Leadership Operations Source Type: news
Pro Bono: Can You Really Protect All Patient Information?
Patient privacy can only go so far
Many communication practices play an important role in ensuring that a patient receives prompt and effective prehospital healthcare. Due to the nature of these practices, as well as the unique environment of EMS field medicine, the potential exists for the patient’s protected health information (PHI) to be disclosed “incidentally.” Incidental disclosure is part of the normal course of providing care to the patient, or, put another way, is “incident to” that care.
A bystander may overhear an EMS provider’s conversation with another provider about the patient, see the care that...
Source: JEMS Operations - January 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Wirth, Esq., EMT-P Tags: Columns Administration and Leadership Operations Source Type: news
Reintroduced bill could give data brokers more options under HIPAA
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) introduced a new bill to the US House of Representatives that would change the way HIPAA applies to health data clearinghouses. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - December 21, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
