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HIPAA keeps your personal information safe.86

HIPAA-Protection of Patient Privacy

What is HIPAA? HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The federal law originated in 1996 and protects the privacy of a patient's personal and health information. The purpose of...

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HIPAA Redux in 200955

TJC IM Readiness Standards 101

The Joint Commission (TJC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. The TJC...

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HIPAA Redux in 200949

HIPAA – Project Patient Information

A fundamental benefit of HIPAA is that it encourages the wider use of electronic transactions, greatly simplifying healthcare administration and reducing administrative overhead costs. Yet with the...

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HIPAA IT: Small Practice Security Rule and EHR Security Compliance

Medical IT: Expert insight into the HIPAA Security Rule and EHR Security from Konsultek experts 847.426.9355

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Insurance Billing Software

Software technology has simplified the billing process in the medical field. Health care professionals and insurance companies need not scan piles of paper documents any more. Insurance billing software helps...

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You are losing your group health insurance, now what?

You have been working at a job that has an employee benefits including a group health insurance plan. You might have the insurance plan for yourself, for yourself and your spouse, for yourself and your...

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Konsultek Knows Healthcare Information Security55

Physician IT Security – The Electronic Health Record (EHR) & Future Threats to Physician IT Security

EHR will fundamentally change the way healthcare practices deal with Physician IT in the future; especially as it relates to health information security risks. When taken to its logical extension, EHR will mean that your practice will no longer be a standalone Physician IT entity but rather part of much larger and more complex interconnected ecosystem of information systems through entities known as Health Information Organizations (HIOs) and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs).

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Protecting the Identity of the "ambulatory patients".

We cannot be mistaken for the amount of damage that can be done in little to no time at all when it comes to the identity of our patients should someone knowingly steal or take from their identity. We have...

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The Use of Lasers in the Outpatient Surgery Center and it's operating rooms.

We've taken a lot of the leg work out of this for you by providing to you a policy and procedure for the use of lasers in the operating room. Read it, get it tune with it, customize it where...

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What is HIPAA

Many want to know What is HIPAA.The Health Insurance Probability and Accountability Act or as is it is better known HIPAA was passed in 1996. It lays out certain rules and regulations that dictate how...

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