Health Information Compliance Alert
Conference Calendar Corner
Don't miss August's hot topics:
August 2 in Washington, DC: "HIPAA Secu-rity Implementation" (SANS) http://www.sans.org/washingtondc04/description.php?tid=104.
August 4 (1 PM EST): "Security And The Electronic Health Record" (QuickCompliance) http://www.quickcompliance.net/prodsvc/campaign/security/security-agenda.html.
August 11 in Milwaukee, WI: "Preparing For HIPAA's Security Rule" (Wisconsin Medical Society) http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/physician_resources/educational/hipaa_security_aug04.pdf.
August 12 in Green Bay, WI: "Preparing For HIPAA's Security Rule" (Wisconsin Medical Society) http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/physician_resources/educational/hipaa_security_aug04.pdf.
August 17 (11:00 - 12:00 PM EST): "How To Efficiently And Cost-Effectively Implement Electronic Medical Records In Your Practice" (The Coding Institute and Eli Research; Audioconference) http://codinginstitute.com/offer/1942.
August 19 (11:00 - 12:30 PM MST) "The Next HIPAA Challenge - Security: The Road map for Complying with HIPAA's Security Regulation" (Home Care Association of Colorado) https://www.assnoffice.com/hcac/securityregistration.htm.
August 23 - 24 in Bellevue, WA: "3rd Annual Corporate Responsibility Symposium" (Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics) http://www.corporatecompliance.org/events/confprgrm.htm.
August 24 (Time TBA): "Transitional Issues In The Hybrid Record" (AHIMA; Audiocon-ference) http://imis.ahima.org/orders/productByType.cfm?t=1.
COMING IN SEPTEMBER:
September 12 - 14 in Baltimore: "Ninth National HIPAA Summit" (Health Care Conference Administrators) http://www.hipaasummit.com.
Health Information Compliance Alert
- PRIVACY:
YOU CAN'T HIDE IN THE PRIVACY RULE'S SHADOWS
Eli's experts clear up 'job shadowing' confusion
Is your facility bustling with students, trainees and visitors [...] - SAMPLE DOCUMENT:
ARE YOU READY FOR GUESTS?
Not sure how HIPAA impacts tour groups or other non-workforce related programs within your organization? [...] - TECHNOLOGY:
HEALTH CARE IT: PANACEA OR PLACEBO?
Can information technology cure health care's ills?
Using information technology to push down costs and improve [...] - TRANSACTIONS AND CODE SETS:
HOW TO TAME THE TCS RULE BEAST
Hint: Communication and cooperation go a long way
The Oct. 16 deadline for the Transactions and [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
WHAT ABOUT WHITE BOARDS?
Question: Our clinical nursing and therapy staff would like to install white boards in semi-private [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
LET'S PARTY
Question: One of our visiting physicians is retiring and we would like to invite his [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
DUTY CALLS
Question: Our physician reported to a government agency that her patient's use of pain medication [...] - HEALTH INFORMATION NEWS
MRI SURVEYS FOR EMRs
A Medical Records Institute survey of 436 clinicians and managers showed that [...] - CONFERENCES:
Conference Calendar Corner
Don't miss August's hot topics:
August 2 in Washington, DC: "HIPAA Secu-rity Implementation" (SANS)
