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Passing a HIPAA Audit & Achieving HIPAA Compliant Data Centers
After an extensive amount of work from our team last quarter, Online Tech is now the first managed data center operator in Michigan to achieve HIPAA compliance. We recently passed our HIPAA audit with...
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Encrypting Data to Meet HIPAA Compliance
To address the question of whether or not to use data encryption when it comes to meeting HIPAA compliance and keeping patient health information (PHI) protected, let’s revisit the Health Insurance...
View ArticleHealthcare IT Priorities: Comprehensive EHRs with Simple Implementation and...
In order to achieve federal meaningful use requirements, the top planned IT projects include purchasing or upgrading their EMR or EHR software (58 percent). According to a recent InformationWeek.com...
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HIMSS ’12: Cloud Computing for Healthcare
The healthcare IT HIMSS ’12 conference this year was full of great educational sessions and presentations from industry leaders and health IT professionals. One presentation with speakers native to our...
View ArticleTotal Cost of a HIPAA Violation: 18.5 Million
Who: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) Who was affected: Over 1 million members of the BCBST had their information stolen, including names, SSNs, diagnosis codes, birthdates and health plan...
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HIT ’12 Conference on Healthcare Information Transformation
We’ve been busy! Online Tech is attending the HIT (Healthcare Information Technology) ’12 Conference on Healthcare Information Transformation in Jacksonville, FL from April 3-4. HIT '12 The tagline is...
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Online Tech Speaks on Cloud Computing at Upcoming Healthcare IT Conference
Online Tech will be attending and participating on a panel at the HIT (Healthcare Information Technology) ’12 conference, Healthcare Information Transformation, in Jacksonville, Florida next week,...
View ArticleServer Hack Leads to HIPAA Violation by Utah Department of Health
4/10 Update – 780,000 may be affected. A configuration error at the authentication level of a server allowed hackers from Eastern Europe to access 25,000 social security numbers and the personal...
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Online Tech to Exhibit HIPAA Hosting Solutions at HIMSS 13 in New Orleans
Though it feels like HIMSS 12 was just a few weeks ago, we’re looking forward to exhibiting at next year’s HIMSS 13 event, and we’ve already booked our booth (#1369)! The annual HIMSS conference is...
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HIPAA Certified vs. HIPAA Compliant
This is a blog post on the phrase ‘HIPAA certified’ to inform you that there is no such thing as ‘HIPAA certified.’ What’s the correct term, then? ‘HIPAA compliant.’ This means that you, as a covered...
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Due Diligence with Business Associates
The latest 2012 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data released in April outlines survey statistics related to data breaches, including preventative measures taken and degree of due diligence...
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HIPAA Compliant Data Centers & HIPAA Hosting White Paper
HIPAA Compliant Data Centers Cover Our HIPAA compliant data center white paper is finally released! Here’s an overview of what you’ll find in the 36-page document: Executive Summary The increasing...
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Online Tech to Attend Chicago HIMSS Event on Health IT
Online Tech will be attending the Greater Chicago HIMSS event next week, April 26, on health IT innovations. HIMSS, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, is one of the nation’s...
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The Impact of HITECH & HIPAA on Data Centers
Our HIPAA hosting and HIPAA compliant data center white paper provides a description of a HIPAA compliant data center IT architecture, contractual requirements, benefits and risks of data center...
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Upcoming Webinar: Healthcare Security Vulnerabilities
Join us for a free webinar on Healthcare Security Vulnerabilities with Adam Goslin of High Bit Security, next Tuesday! When: June 19, 2012 @ 2 P.M. ET Where: Online - Register using GoToMeeting. Who:...
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Liveblogging from the iHT2 Health IT Summit in Fort Lauderdale
I’m liveblogging from the iHT2 Health IT Summit conference in Fort Lauderdale from June 12-13, and Online Tech will be sponsoring and exhibiting our HIPAA hosting solutions as well. The conference...
View ArticlemHealth & Multi-Compliance
Last week, Eric Wicklund, Editor of mHIMSS.org reported on new tools for physicians and patients to support payment processing and the ability to check insurance eligibility while using an iPad, iPhone...
View ArticleHow to Handle an IT Security Incident, According to NIST
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has released a Computer Security Incident Handling Guide detailing a very thorough overview of how to detect, analyze and isolate an incident...
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Online Tech Exhibits at 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C.
2012 mHealth Summit Online Tech will be attending and exhibiting at the 2012 mHealth Summit held in Washington, DC from December 3-5. Hosted at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, the...
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Online Tech Continues Midwest Tour of Health IT Conferences; Exhibiting...
Continuing on a tour of the Midwest’s health IT conferences, Online Tech will be exhibiting at the Indiana HIMSS Fall Technology Conference on November 6, hosted by the Indiana Chapter of HIMSS....
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