Senate Considers Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act – Take Action
There was a great deal of activity last week in the Senate as it considers the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S.754) or "CISA." The bill would help hospitals and health systems achieve timely and actionable situational awareness through robust cyber threat...
Immersive to Present at AHIMA’s Information Governance Summit
Immersive Principal, Stephanie Crabb, has been selected to present at AHIMA's Information Governance Summit, November 12-13, 2015 in Chicago. Stephanie will join, Deborah Green, EVP, Chief Innovation and Global Services Officer for the session "Where Data Governance...
Immersive @ CHIME’s Fall CIO Forum
This week marks the annual CHIME CIO Fall Forum, the organization's premier event for healthcare IT executives and business leaders from the industry's most influential product and services companies. Hundreds of industry leaders will convene in Orlando to share best...
More Security, Less Risk – Strengthening Healthcare Security
If it's not every week, it's every two weeks that we hear reports of a healthcare security breach and despite the healthcare regulations, we still have health systems that don't seem to take data protection seriously enough or health systems that don’t build a...
21st Century Cures Bill: Interoperability, Information Blocking and EHR Decertification
From CHIME’s weekly Washington Debrief Newsletter: Key Takeaway: A bill that would establish new criteria for interoperability cleared the first hurdle toward passage last week, as the 21st Century Cures initiative was unanimously approved by the Energy & Commerce...
Breaking: OCR Releases Audit Program Questionnaire
The OCR HIPAA Audit Entity Survey is finalized and may be coming to your email inbox any day. The screening questionnaire signals the kickoff to the long-anticipated OCR HIPAA Audit Program. The screening questionnaire is intended to gather data about the size,...