Data security is not rocket science, but it's one of those things that takes detailed focus to get the right technology, policy and procedures in place. And it seems that the stories about lost laptops with tens or hundreds of thousands of patient records are not just some fluke or exceptional occurrence.
Sadly, this report notes […]
A patient in the Vista Medical Center (Lake County, IL) emergency department waiting room died of a heart attack while waiting to be seen. The patient reportedly presented with shortness of breath and chest pain, was briefly triaged, and expired some time during a subsequent 2 hour wait to be seen by physicians.
In a startling […]
The IHE PCD (that's the Integrated Health Enterprise, Patient Care Device) working group has extended the deadline for vendors to sign up to participate in the medical device Connectathon at the next HIMSS meeting. So far, there are four (4) vendors who have committed to sending data and two (2) committed to receiving data.
This […]
