Posts by Arieanna Schweber :

The 24th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey was recently released, referencing the opinions on IT professionals in the US healthcare system. The web-based survey collected insights from 298 people, 55% of whom were CIOs and an additional 31% were Directors of IS/IT. The data contains some insights on the state of security in healthcare IT, among other topics. According to the survey, 19% of respondents had experienced a corporate security...

Dominic Vogel recently published an article for TechRepublic that highlights issues for organizations to consider: “Governance, risk, compliance: four things to ponder about GRC initiatives.” With IT often challenged to ‘do more with less’, GRC becomes a way to realize efficiencies both for cost and for business effectiveness. Aligning GRC under a unified framework can “eventually lead to an environment where you can accurately determine what security controls to...

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced updates to HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that bring patient privacy rights and safeguards up to the standards and requirements needed for the digital age. Although several changes were implemented in the revision, the biggest change in the update is the expansion of requirements beyond health care providers, health plants and entities that work with...