Cybersecurity Issues Discussed

Our healthcare industry is faced with the escalation of large scale sophisticated cybersecurity attacks. To tackle this important issue, the HIMSS Foundation Institute for e-Health Policy http://apps.himss.org/foundation, CHIME http://chimecentral.org, and the Association for Executives in Health Information Security (AEHIS) http://ashis.org presented a briefing titled “Cybersecurity in Healthcare: The Growing Challenge of Securing Patient Data” on October 6, 2015. (more…)

Bill to Improve HIT Systems

Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) www.whitehouse.senate.gov and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) www.cassidy.senate.gov introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen accountability and improve transparency in health IT systems. The legislation titled the “Transparent Ratings on Usability and Security to Transform Information Technology (TRUST IT) Act of 2015” would ensure that certified health IT systems are performing as promised in the field. (more…)

Carequality Seeks Applications

Carequality, the national public-private collaborative dedicated to developing and implementing a national health IT interoperability framework, is seeking applicants to serve on their Advisory Council.

Carequality is looking for broad representation from across the entire healthcare continuum and anyone interested in solving today’s interoperability challenges with real world implementation solutions is welcome to apply.

Applications are being accepted now through 5:00 pm PDT on Friday October 23, 2015, Go to www.carequality.org for more information.