HHS, in Partnership with Industry, Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Practices for the Health Industry

29. December 2018 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
On Friday, December 28, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP): Managing Threats and Protecting Patients” publication. The four volume publication, aims to provide voluntary cybersecurity practices to healthcare organizations of all types and sizes, ranging from local clinics to large hospital systems. The industry-led effort was ...

Pain Management Task Force calls for patient-centered approach to improve treatment of pain

29. December 2018 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force), in a draft report issued today, calls for individualized, patient-centered pain management to improve the lives of millions of individuals who experience acute and chronic pain. Members of the public will have 90 days to provide comments on the draft report’s proposed recommendations. The Task ...