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Telegenisys teams celebrate 2018
Telegenisys client teams celebrated a banner year and exchanged best wishes for an even better 2018. These teams average a tenure of over 2.2 years while most other outsourcing organizations are now below 5 years. As a result, Telegenisys teams work well together and...
Best options for managing seasonal projects
Just as a person never forgets how to ride a bicycle, companies have tasks that they must set aside for a while then they'll need to resume without falling over. These cycles for stored tasks can be driven by seasonal markets or by regulatory or financial calendars....
Are you accidentally violating HIPAA?
Lately, most known HIPAA violations have happened because of data exposure from a vulnerable computer, however healthcare organizations have also suffered from other circumstances of HIPAA violations without knowing it. People install anti-virus programs and also keep...
Sometimes outsourcing data entry is a matter of life and death
Propublica found that hundreds of Chicago police officers are stuck with desk jobs doing tasks such as "data entry, graphic design or grant writing" instead of being out on their streets dealing with crime and gang activity. Let's all start 2018 with each employee...
Automation can’t replace well managed and audited data entry
The gazette and La Presse recently audited the city of ontreal's contracting database and found numerous grievous errors. The city's response was that a "validation mechanism had been put in place to prevent users from entering invalid NEQs or postal codes - one that...
Vendors and providers need to create strong health data security
When it comes to maintaining HIPAA compliance, both healthcare providers and their chosen third-party vendors – or business associates – need to work together for comprehensive and current health data security. According to Tim Feldman, Vice President and General...
Network security partnerships for healthcare
Bill Kleyman's recent article in health it security goes over the basics that every healthcare security administrator must consider in their own operations. But no healthcare network operates in isolation. Each healthcare provider must network with other institutions...
How risk assessments play an important role in healthcare
HIPAA: Risk Assessment Risk assessment helps covered entities ensure they are compliant with the HIPAA necessities in terms of physical, technical, and administrative safeguards. It also helps in showing potential areas where an organization might be putting PHI at...
Protect your patients from invalid EHR entries
Protect Your Patients from Invalid EHR Entries Download our free guide on Best Practices to Prevent Common EHR Errors
Administrative safeguards need to be comprehensive and regularly updated
Healthcare organizations must guarantee that they have comprehensive and regularly updated administrative safeguards, such as user authentication procedures and proper access control with all healthcare facility. A failure to have these in place, or having outdated...