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Know When to Hold ’em: The Legal Considerations for Healthcare Information Technology Data Retention and Purging

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. Purging Guidelines & Criteria HIPAA privacy rules do not address medical record retention requirements, and the guidelines from several states and the federal government are ambiguous at best.

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Medical Informatics Engineering Secures Growth Investment to Bolster Enterprise Health Platform

HIT Consultant

MIE Background Founded in 1995, MIE boasts a rich history in healthcare information technology. They were instrumental in launching one of the nation’s first health information exchanges and were an early leader in electronic health records (EHR) with their WebChart product.

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How to Address Security Issues in IoT Devices – Cybersecurity

Healthcare IT Today

Cyber resiliency is an important aspect of healthcare information technology and focuses on the ability of systems to withstand, recover and adapt to different types of failures, threats, and attacks. To address the growing cybersecurity risks in IoT devices, governments around the world have introduced several legislations.

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WellSky Acquires Leading Durable/Home Medical Equipment Software Provider Bonafide, Enhancing Home Care Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

WellSky serves more than 20,000 client sites — including the largest hospital systems, blood banks, cell therapy labs, home health and hospice franchises, post-acute providers, government agencies, and human services organizations. For more information, visit wellsky.com.

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Move Beyond Just Managing Content – Activate It!

Healthcare IT Today

Well-informed health information management (HIM) and healthcare information technology (HCIT) professionals are recognizing enterprise content management (ECM) as an opportunity to re-energize and move forward with improved performance. What is Enterprise Content Management (ECM)? But why just manage it?

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What will be the impact of COVID-19 on the next wave of health IT innovation?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of all kinds of healthcare information technology, from telehealth to artificial intelligence. Crunchbase estimates that healthcare technology companies have raised a record-breaking $36.6 billion globally from 2020 through October 2021.

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3 Compelling Reasons — Beyond the Law — to Expand Consumer Access to Personal Records

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These safeguards become even more demanding as consumers and government agencies call for increased transparency and access to personal data. Healthcare is no exception. Do we have a data governance team in place, and is it effective? Businesses should ask: Do we need one person to oversee our approach to data management?