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Cybersecurity and Blockchain in Health Care

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
April 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

Last Monday I opened up the Renal & Urology News update to find 3 recent articles about health IT (HIT) security. The first article, “Controlling Access to Health Information”, noted that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: blockchain, cyber hygiene, cybersecurity, Dr. John Halamka, Dugan, Harvard Business Review, Health IT, HIT, mHealth, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, PHI

Mobile Health: Growing Engagement and New Responsibilities

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
January 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

The pervasiveness of mobile devices

This week I’m blogging about an M-word. Not MACRA or MIPS, but Mobile Health or mHealth. A warning before you proceed: The following paragraph contains a personal story that may be Too Much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mobile Healthcare Tagged With: Acumen mobile app, Dr. John Halamka, Eddie Hedrick, FitBit, Greatcall, Health IT, iPad, iPhone, mHealth, mobile health, PHI

HIPAA: P is for Portability

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
June 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

USB drives

Today I’m thinking about access to healthcare data and how much has changed over the past decade with the adoption of EHRs. If I put on my Mom/caregiver hat, my children’s vaccinations are a good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, HIPAA Tagged With: CCDA, Dugan Maddux, Erin Mackay, Get My Health Data, health and human services, Health Data Palooza, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA privacy rule, Meaningful Use, MU, National Partnership for Women and Families, PHI, protected health information, Stage 2, Stage 2 MU

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