Firings over HIPAA breaches At UniversitiesHIPAA violations remind hospitals to reinforce privacy rules There’s one message Dena Boggan, CPC, CMC, CCP, a privacy and security officer in Mississippi, wants to get across during her HIPAA training: “I tell my employees if they don’t remember anything else about HIPAA, remember this — only access that information which you need to do your job. Period. I tell them if they follow that one simple rule, they’ll do just fine.” Some healthcare employees just can’t help themselves lately, especially when high-profile patients occupy their hospital beds.Read more |
NEF Events Launch Entrepreneurs into 2011ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 11, 2011, Do you know what your customers really want? When was the last time you did any market research? Or sought out your customers' opinions on your product or service? January meeting panelists Debra Power of brand strategy support firm Power Marketing and Research, and Paula Sorrell Rhoades, Marketing Specialist for several MI tech start-ups and author of widely used market research tools, will share their tips on getting valuable information from present and prospective customers to help you develop better products and increase market share.Read more |
TherapyCharts is Named Semi-Finalist in the World's Largest Business CompetitionTherapyCharts is Named Semi-Finalist in the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, the World's Largest Business Competition $1 million in cash winnings and in-kind services draws worldwide interest. Read more |
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How will you and your organization achieve HIPAA compliance?As the deadline for compliance approaches, the big question on everyone's tongue is what is the greatest path to compliance and efficiency? The options include managing the process in-house, taking a blended approach using internal resources and external support or electing to fully outsource to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider.Read more |
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Securing your recordsLast year’s HITECH Act toughened the rules and enforcement penalties health information handlers must follow to protect patient privacy. Under the new policy regime, providers will have to pay more attention to the confidentiality and safety of patient information as they move more of their operations toward electronic health record-keeping.Read more |
TherapyCharts Awarded "Best Of Biotech" by the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s QuestGLEQ hosted its Statewide Business Plan Competition Award Ceremony at the University Club on the Michigan State University campus on Thursday, June 10, 2010 with partner organizations Automation Alley, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and the Michigan SmartZones. At the event, Greg Main, president and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., presented the $5,000 cash "Best of Biotech" award to Therapy Charts, represented at the event by Mark LeBay, Director of Marketing.Read more |
HHS Invests Additional $162 Million For Health Information TechnologyFinal awards of state health information exchange cooperative agreement program work to build health information exchange infrastructure throughout the states.Read more |
Electronic Health Records – How they Effect Mental Health and Behavioral Healthcare OrganizationsThe National Council quick poll revealed that 26 percent of behavioral healthcare and mental health organizations with functional EHRs realized improved quality assurance. Twenty two percent had been able to reduce billing errors and 17 percent realized improved clinical productivity with EHR implementation. Providers also point out that the EHR offers critical support to the service improvement process.Read more |