This YouTube video provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers a white board style overview of how electronic health record systems directly support a patient's health. It includes topics of health data standards, health information exchange, health apps and new technologies, and patient rights to their health information.

The Missouri Quality Improvement Network (MOQuIN) undertook an initiative that aimed to help the state’s health centers adopt, implement, and use Health IT. As part of this initiative, population health management technology was implemented to help MOQuIN and their health centers mine and monitor their data, to identify drivers of performance as well as to test strategies for improvement. This case study describes their implementation experience, selection process and criteria, and lessons learned.  

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has recently announced the release of a new set of FAQs that seeks to address whether business associates of a HIPAA covered entity may block or terminate access by the covered entity to the protected health information maintained by the business associate for or on behalf of the covered entity.

It is common practice today to encrypt data at rest, that is, data stored on servers. This is especially applicable to health centers who are less frequently actively transporting data across disparate networks. Like many smaller healthcare organizations, Health Centers are particularly vulnerable to potential attack and infiltration by data hackers for several reasons: they tend to have fewer technical support staff, resource limitations make it harder to assess, implement, and maintain safe data practices, and organizational inertia limits preventive action when no threat is perceived. 

This YouTube video provides an exciting ransomware re-enactment that helps explain how a ransomware incident occurs, common mistakes and methods for mitigation. It also includes a link to a Ransomware Readiness Assessment by the security vendor TrendMicro.