Department of Health
Network Security & Compliance: How They Drive Quality of Care
White Paper In it, it reviews new laws, enhanced HIPAA mandates, increased enforcement activities, and new security guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This paper... [12 Nov 2009]
£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
News Earlier this year the high level of losses among NHS trusts prompted the ICO to write to the Department of Health warning it needed to improve data security at... [12 Nov 2009]
Using Skybox Solutions to Achieve Efficient HIPAA Compliance
White Paper The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, Title II) required the Department... [11 Nov 2009]
7 Security Standards: Implementation for the Small Provider
White Paper The security series of papers provides guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the rule titled "Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected... [11 Nov 2009]
NHS bodies outsource payroll in £12m deals
News A further eight NHS bodies have signed on with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), an outsourcing joint venture between the Department of Health and Steria. NHS SBS will supply the... [13 Oct 2009]
A Risk Management Perspective: The Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rules for 2008 and 2009
White Paper The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule on August 1, 2007, which revises the acute care... [06 Oct 2009]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News Of course profitability is key to the health of a business. Because BPO deals mean companies trust a third party with running an entire department - such as HR or... [30 Sep 2009]
Nova Scotia Department of Health Secures Funding With Evidence-Based Decision Making
White Paper The challenge was to the Continuing Care Branch of the Nova Scotia Department of Health that needed modeling and analysis capabilities to accurately determine the... [19 Sep 2009]
Moran Pioneers Aged Care Business Intelligence
White Paper The system, which has been in place for 12 months, is used primarily to assess the business performance of each of the Group's 39 residential aged care facilities across Australia, and to sift through... [01 Sep 2009]
Ad Hoc Reporting: Self-Service, Personalized Reporting for Any Business User
White Paper It provides a case study, which describes a real-world example of how the New York City Health Department makes reporting easy for their users, while eliminating the backlog... [01 Sep 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Whitehall already offshores a limited amount of work, including some back office operations under the NHS Shared Business Services Centre run by Steria and the Department of... [03 Aug 2009]
HP Integrity NonStop System and PDSG CDX Software at the Heart of Successful NCHCI/State of Montana Pilot
White Paper Source data was collected from four geographically dispersed Montana hospitals and fed through the HP-PDSG solution into the syndromic surveillance system at the Montana Department of Public... [30 Jul 2009]
Healthcare and Social Services Provider Examines BI Strategy, Plans for Future
White Paper Belfast Health and Social Care Trust inherited six disparate, back-end systems for reporting, which were only accessible by the information department. Belfast Health and Social Care... [27 Jul 2009]
Healthcare Organization Simplifies Application Access With Virtualization Solution
White Paper Vancouver Coastal Health provides a full range of healthcare services, including hospital treatment and home healthcare, to residents in Vancouver and Richmond, Canada. Vancouver Coastal... [25 Jul 2009]
Labyrinthine IT systems lose MoD almost £300m
News The MoD's problems are the latest blot on Whitehall's troubled track record when it comes to managing computer systems, ranging from the Department of Health's flawed £12.7bn National... [21 Jul 2009]
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