This page contains an archive of The Digital Business Law Group's monthly HITECH / HIPAA Compliance Newsletters. Each month's issue will contain a "Quick Link" to this page so that readers can easily find content they may want to reference. This also allows new subscribers to go back and get caught up on topics previously covered. The current issue of the newsletter is not available here until after the month in which it was issued. To get the current version you can subscribe to our FREE HITECH / HIPAA Compliance Newsletter here. if you are interested in a FREE EHR Software Checklist click here or in a FREE Online Backup Checklist then click here.
January 2010
This month's featured article is entitled "The Compliance Crisis: Top Five Strategies Guaranteed to Fail." The focus of our newsletter has been primarily on providing a better understanding of the HITECH / HIPAA requirements and on providing insights into strategies that will help providers and facilities meet the objectives of the new regulations. However, it is often just as useful to examine the status quo and to analyze why existing strategies will no longer work in this new regulatory environment, perhaps more so.The article five compliance strategies guaranteed to fail are as follows: (1) ostrich; (2) our staff's on top of it; (3) members of our legal team are compliance experts; (4) not invented here--healthcare is so different; and (5) the docs know best .
December 2009
The featured article this month is entitled: "Understanding HITECH / HIPAA Risk Management Frameworks." These frameworks are targeted to executives and others who require strategic guidance during these uncertain times. Now that the healthcare marketplace is starting to recognize the scope and magnitude of the HITECH Act,
we felt it was necessary to take a step back and provide executive
management teams (and other mission critical management staff) our
perspective on how to move forward in a responsible and rigorous
manner, especially in this highly competitive economic environment that
mandates effective cost control. In short, how can an organization
achieve HITECH / HIPAA compliance without breaking the bank?
November 2009
The featured article this month is entitled: "The Intersection of HITECH/HIPAA and Meaningful Use: Part IV: HITECH/HIPAA and Meaningful Use Part IV: Attacking the HIPAA Security Rule (Hug the Monster: Redux). "
It is the fourth in a series of featured articles over the next few
months that will discuss the transformational impact that the HITECH Act is likely to have on HIPAA's regulatory environment. This featured article explores the HIPAA Security Rule in the second of two parts that discusses "the monster."
October 2009
The featured article this month is entitled: "The Intersection of HITECH/HIPAA and Meaningful Use: Part III: Attacking the HIPAA Security Rule (Hug the Monster). "
It is the third in a series of featured articles over the next few
months that will discuss the transformational impact that the HITECH Act is likely to have on HIPAA's regulatory environment. This featured article explores the HIPAA Security Rule in the first of two parts that discusses "the monster."
September 2009
The featured article this month is entitled: "The Intersection of HITECH/HIPAA and Meaningful Use: Part II."
It is the second in a series of featured articles over the next few
months that will discuss the transformational impact that the HITECH Act is likely to have on HIPAA's regulatory environment. This featured article explores why an EHR/HITECH/HIPAA implementation is a "wicked problem."
August 2009
The featured article this month is entitled: "The Intersection of HITECH/HIPAA and Meaningful Use: Part I."
It is the first in a series of featured articles over the next few
months that will discuss the transformational impact that the HITECH Act is likely to have on HIPAA's regulatory environment. This featured article introduces key aspects of the HITECH Act and why they collectively constitute a game changer.
