Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 17th April, 2017.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so.Note: Each link is followed by a title and a 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.General CommentWhat a week, with little real news until The Daily Telegraph lobbed a bomb. Furious argument resulted and I am not sure where it ended – with no clear official statement from the ADHA as to the truth of not of the claims. Time will tell I guess.-----http://www.afr.com/business/health/datadriven-signature-medicine-to-drive-future-treat...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 17, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
AusHealthIT Poll Number 366 – Results – 16th April, 2017.
Here are the results of the poll.How Do You Rate The ADHA's Performance After Nine Months Since Being Established? (10=Fabulous – 1=Hopeless)10 1% (2)
9-8 0% (0)
7-6 1% (3)
5-4 5% (10)
3-2 63% (130)
1 29% (60)
Total votes: 205
I think it would be fair to say readers are less than impressed so far. A fair bit of work to do I reckon!
A really great turnout of votes!
Again, many, many thanks to all those that voted!
David.
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David. (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 16, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Taking The Day Off Given No Pressing E-Health News! Another Sad Story To Tell However.
Great fun watching the grandchildren hunt for those little morsels of oval chocolate - so fondly remembered as Easter Eggs.
Not sure why Easter is so chocolate rich? Commerce I guess.
Happy Easter if you celebrate the festival!
David.
p.s. An item to get off the chest.
While recovering in hospital last week, in a four bed ward, I listened, as I could not avoid it with only curtains in the way, as an oncologist expl ained to a 90+ year old that he as now beyond help and would die of his cancer fairly soon. They wanted to make sure all the family understood this and asked could they call him after they next visited.
T...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 16, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 15th April, 2017.
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.-----http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/privacy-security/has-health-it-s-rapid-growth-rendered-hipaa-obsoleteHas health IT ’s rapid growth rendered HIPAA obsolete? by Evan Sweeney Apr 7, 2017 9:10am Privacy experts wonder whether a 20-year-old law needs an overhaul to align with health IT innovation.More than two decades after HIPAA was signed into law, privacy ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 15, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Top 10 Steps to Health IT Implementation and Long-term Success
With this many factors and technical details to manage, it ’s easy to forget the fundamentals. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - April 14, 2017 Category: Information Technology Tags: Workflow Source Type: blogs
DNA Tests and Meaningful Use Humor – Fun Friday
It’s Friday, so time for a little humor to start your weekend. First up is one that regular readers of this site will appreciate when it comes to the now tainted phrase: meaningful use:
This Dilbert comic seemed particularly relevant given that 23andMe just got FDA authorization for their consumer genetic health risk reports.
Have a great weekend!
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 14, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Healthcare HealthCare IT Meaningful Use 23andMe Dilbert DNA Testing Fun Friday Healthcare Humor Healthcare IT Humor Source Type: blogs
There Are Alternative Approaches To The Sharing Of Medical Records With Patients And Without A Centralised myHR. I Wonder Will They Be Considered At Any Point?
This appeared last week:Patients to get access to GP records via NHS.uk in September 2017Laura Stevens6 April 2017Patients will be able to access their GP record via the revamped NHS.uk from September 2017, according to NHS Digital.NHS Digital ’s latest board papers, which were published 28 March, mention the aim and state a target go live date of 30 September 2017. A spokeswoman subsequently confirmed the timing to Digital Health News.A spokesman for TPP, providers of the SystmOne EPR which is widely used in primary care, said the company is working with NHS Digital to give patients access to their GP record via NH...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 14, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
This Is A Really Useful Set Of Basic Resources On Health IT And Safety.
This appeared a few days ago.ONC updates health IT safety guides for providers By Greg SlabodkinPublished March 29 2017, 7:25am EDTThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released updated guides to help providers assess the safety and usability of their respective electronic health record systems.First published in January 2014, the ONC Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) guides are voluntary provider self-assessments that take the form of vulnerability checklists as well as evidence-based recommendations and best practices for how to safely use health IT.Recommend...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 13, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Financial And Political News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General.
April 13, 2017 Edition.A complicated week with Mr Trump pulling a big surprise with an attack on a Syrian airbase after a chemical attack by Mr Assad. From non-interventionist to interventionist while President Xi was even in to room – Amazing stuff!Here at home it is all about house prices and if/when greed and fear of missing out result in economic chaos and pain for all of us. There is risk and the regulators need to get their arms around the issue and stabilise things quickly. To not do so could mean things do not go well and is just possible things have already gone too far. Time will tell! Clearly to ignore the iss...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 13, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
No Duh, FTP Servers Pose PHI Security Risk
The File Transfer Protocol is so old – it was published in April 1971 – that it once ran on NCP, the predecessor of TCP/IP. And surprise, surprise, it’s not terribly secure, and was never designed to be so either.
Security researchers have pointed out that FTP servers are susceptible to a range of problems, including brute force attacks, FTP bounce attacks, packet capture, port stealing, spoofing attacks and username enumeration.
Also, like many IP specifications designed prior before standard encryption approaches like SSL were available, FTP servers don’t encrypt traffic, with all transmissions in clear text and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 12, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anne Zieger Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR EMR Security Healthcare Healthcare Devices HealthCare IT HIPAA Breaches Security Rule Anonymous FTP Server Cybercrime FBI FDA File Transfer Protocol Healthcare Cyber Source Type: blogs
I Wonder Why The myHR Is Not Mentioned When Talking About Government IT And Its Problems?
This appeared last week:Is government IT getting worse?By Paris Cowan on Apr 6, 2017 2:00PM Opposition says the public isn ’t happy. Labor’s digital transformation spokesman Ed Husic says public confidence in the government’s ability to deliver modern digital services has gone down the gurgler, hit by high-profile tech prangs like with the Census, ATO and Centrelink.He told the AIIA's digital government summit yes terday that these sagas weren’t just teething pains.“A whole row of front teeth have been knocked out after the government stumbled and tripped over its botched digital transformation efforts," Husic cl...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 12, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Content Creation for the Audience Economy – #HITsm Chat Topic
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 4/14 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Jess Clifton (@jslentzclifton), Sarah Bennight (@sarahbennight), and Steve Sisko (@shimcode) on the topic of “Healthcare Content Creation for the Audience Economy”.
The Healthcare IT Marketing and PR Conference (HITMC) took place last week and, as would be expected from an event largely attended by “marketing people,” social media lit up with content, insight, opinions and a bit of wackiness. Almost 2200 tweets were shared on Twitter alone during the thr...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: #HITsm Healthcare HealthCare IT #HITsm Topics Healthcare Content Healthcare Content Creation Healthcare IT Marketing and PR Conference HITMC Jessica Clifton Sarah Bennight Steve Sisko Source Type: blogs
In the healthcare IT workplace,'a break' can really mean shifting gears
A month ago, I started a new interim CIO engagement. This time I am serving Stony Brook Medicine on Long Island in New York. My last interim CIO position at University Hospitals in Cleveland ended in October. Since then I have taken a break by design. When I started this new chapter, I wanted to work less tha n full-time over the course of the year and have more flexibility in my life. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - April 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Tags: Women In Health IT Workforce Source Type: blogs
The MyHR Seems To Be Way Less Protected And Secure Than Anyone Knew – What A Mess.
This appeared this morning.Optometrists and dentists will know if you ’ve had an abortion or mental illness in health record bungleSue Dunlevy, National Health Reporter, News Corp Australia NetworkApril 10, 2017 10:00pmTHE private health records of Australians can be accessed by more than half a million people under the latest bungle with the $2.2 billion electronic My Health Record.News Corp Australia has learned that the privacy settings on the government’s computerised My Health Record, which lists every medicine a patient takes and records every medical visit and procedure, are automatically set on “universal acc...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Another Uninformed Commentary Regarding The myHR Appears In The Mainstream Press.
This appeared during last week:We can gain a lot by sharing our sensitive health dataSam Crosby
Published: March 29, 2017 - 12:00AM Years back, I worked with a group of people who had contracted Hepatitis C. The experience of one woman stayed with me. Julie looked every inch your average working mum. Hep C was a hangover of a past life she was desperate to escape. But when she confided her positive status to a co-worker, word spread throughout her office. She found herself shunned by one group of fearful colleagues, and pitied by another.Julie's story stuck with me, because it was such a stri...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
