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Addressing Healthcare Providers' HIPAA Compliance Issues
With U.S. enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA now in full force, IT professionals responsible for helping to ensure compliance need access to cost-effective, end-to-end solutions for managing electronic protected health information. This paper describes how the Sun StorageTek Compliance Archiving System (the combination of a...
Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Vignette Corp., Health Care, StorageTek, HIPAA Compliance, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2006-08-01
Sutter Health Gains HIPAA-Compliant E-Mail Without Adding to IT Support Costs
Sutter Health, one of the nation's largest healthcare provider networks, must occasionally share private healthcare information with doctors, insurers, government agencies and others outside of its enterprise network. And its own policies, as well as the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act HIPAA, require that those communications be secure. To...
Tags: Information Technology, Sutter Health, Health Care, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
Case studies
Blue Shield of California Case Study
Blue Shield of California BSC originally planned to perform all Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA compliance work using in-house resources. Integrating its new processing platform with back-end systems proved more complicated than it originally expected. A unique partnership with EDS helped ensure the organization met its deadlines. Enacted...
Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Health Care, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Balanced Scorecard, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Marketing Research
Case studies
Solution Selling: Healthcare
A medical information management company processes medical claims for various medical services providers. These forms are filled out by hand and sent by courier or fax to the centralized processing service. Implementing a faster and more efficient way of processing these documents could lead to quicker payments for the firm's...
Tags: Information Management, Health Care, eCopy Inc., Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Healthcare, Regulations, Strategy, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
Case studies
Best Practices for Securing E-mail in the Healthcare Industry
E-mail has become an essential business tool across industries. But unlike other businesses, healthcare organizations are challenged with the additional responsibility of maintaining the ubiquity and usefulness of e-mail in the face of HIPAA privacy and security regulations that require control, tracking, and encryption of protected health information PHI disclosures....
Tags: Protected Health Information, Health Care, Best Practice, E-mail, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Hipaa, Benefits, Regulatory Compliance, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
White papers 2003-08-01
TEKsystems Case Study: One of the Largest Healthcare Benefits Companies
The client, a leading healthcare benefits company, was preparing to change its patient identification numbers as mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HIPAA. HIPAA was enacted in part to address the need for a Unique Individual Identifier UID as part of an administrative simplification process...
Tags: Business Analyst, Health Care, TEKsystems, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies
HP Medical Image Storage Solution Is Picture Perfect for Banner Health
Banner Health, one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare systems in the United States, has 20 hospitals and other facilities in eight states. Banner turned to HP when the Arizona Regional Picture Archiving and Communication System PACS Archive needed to house and ensure the integrity, availability, and security of this confidential...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Hipaa, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Regulations, Government
Case studies
United Heritage Life Insurance Eliminates Spam and Viruses With eTrust Solutions
United Heritage Life Insurance Co. UH specializes in the sale and service of quality life insurance, annuity and financial products. UH must comply with government-mandated regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA, which protects patients' medical records and other health-related information. In addition, spam has become a...
Tags: CA eTrust, Computer Associates International Inc., Virus, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Viruses And Worms, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
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How SpringCM is Serving Healthcare: Security, Privacy and HIPAA Policies
This SpringCM case study discusses the privacy and security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA. It explains how SpringCM is helping a New York-based psychiatric hospital and other health care organizations better manage their HIPAA compliance obligations. Download the paper to learn how SpringCM's affordable monthly...
Tags: SpringCM, Security, Privacy, Health Care, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies 2006-10-01
HIPAA: Remote Access Compliancy
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 have many healthcare providers questioning the validity of their organization's compliancy. The law has a very broad impact over many operations of the healthcare industry. This white paper provides an analysis of current HIPAA regulations that are impacting the healthcare IT...
Tags: CrossTec Corp., Health Care, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Remote Access, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2004-12-01
Defined-Benefit Pension Plans: Current Problems and Future Challenges
Lawmakers initially became concerned about workers' receipt of promised pension benefits after the failure of several large plans in the 1960s, which eventually led to the enactment in 1974 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ERISA. That law specified minimum standards that pension plans must meet regarding participation, accrual...
Tags: ERISA, Congressional Budget Office, Payroll Solutions, Regulations, Benefits, Quality, Government, Human Resources, Business Operations
White papers 2005-06-07
Archiving E-Mail: For Legal Reasons, Organizations Need to Bring Order to the Chaos of Electronic Communications Into Consideration
Since the advent of numerous regulations, the public sector is required to maintain accurate and easily accessible archives of transactions and communications, including e-mail messages. Some procedures stipulate that these records remain available for up to seven years. Among the regulations impacting e-mail archiving are the Health Insurance Portability and...
Tags: Electronic Communication, Archiving, Health Care, CDW Corp., U.S. Department Of Defense, Hipaa, E-mail, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Online Communications, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2004-07-01
Think Secure: Building Your Security-Minded Workforce
The United States Federal Government is bound to provide information security awareness training by the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA.The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA requires that the health care industry provide privacy training to their employees. Financial institutions must comply with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLBA.The Sarbanes-Oxley...
Tags: Getronics, FISMA, Health Care, Training, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, United States Federal Government, Regulatory Compliance, Hipaa, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, Workforce Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Training And Certification, Healthcare, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-07-25
Microsoft Case Study: Edwards Lifesciences
As a U.S. healthcare company, Edwards Lifesciences has to comply with many federal and state regulations to protect information. For regulatory compliance, Edwards needs to demonstrate that all its endpoints connecting to the network are safe and adhere to the company's security policies. It must adhere to the security requirements...
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Regulatory Compliance, Hipaa, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies
Compliance: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
HIPAA requires healthcare organizations and businesses that manage patient health information to protect the confidentiality and security of all health data managed by that organization. HIPAA compliance requirements, coupled with advances in electronic exchange of information, put significant additional technical and administrative burdens on the healthcare organizations of all sizes.
Tags: Health Insurance, Compliance, Health Care, Biscom, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Regulatory Compliance, Benefits, Healthcare, Regulations, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
White papers 2007-04-17
Biscom Delivery Server and HIPAA Compliance
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA, also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, was enacted by the US Congress in 1996 to enable better access to health insurance, reduce fraud and abuse, and lower the overall cost of health care in the United States. Title II of HIPAA, the...
Tags: Health Care, Server, HIPAA Compliance, Biscom, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2008-03-28
MedicAlert Expands Service and Protects Critical Data for Members Worldwide
For fifty years, MedicAlert has helped save lives by providing emergency responders and healthcare practitioners. However, with the rise of HIPAA mandates and other standards from similar global regulatory bodies, MedicAlert decided it could no longer preserve that privacy with limited homegrown security technology. In order to provide extended member...
Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., MedicAlert, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Regulations, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
Case studies 2008-05-07
How to disappoint your HIPAA auditors and gain the respect of your board of directors (Not necessarily in that order)
With HIPAA audits now randomized, you must be prepared for them every day. And with state regulations requiring compliance-breach reporting, you must become your own auditor. This regulation requires compliance by all insurers and health care providers, including physician's offices, hospitals, health plans, employers, public health authorities, life insurers,...
Tags: Public Health, Board, Health Care, Board Of Directors, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2008-08-19
Risk Assessment Without Pain
Some healthcare professionals dread the task of planning and conducting the HIPAA-required security risk assessment and gap analysis, but with good support and the right tools, the job is very manageable and will pay big dividends for the whole organization. Read the paper as risk assessment gives a clear picture...
Tags: Asset, Risk Assessment, Health Care, Securac, Tools & Techniques, Asset Management, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Security, Benefits, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2003-01-01
Healthcare: How to Disappoint Your HIPAA Auditors and Gain the Respect of Your Board of Directors (not Necessarily in That Order)
With HIPAA audits now randomized, one must be prepared for them every day. And with state regulations requiring compliancebreach reporting, one must become their own auditor. HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the 1996 federal regulation that mandated healthdata privacy. This regulation requires compliance by all insurers...
Tags: DataMotion, Board, Health Care, Board Of Directors, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
White papers 2008-10-31


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