Healthcare IT News March 1, 2024
Deploying a HIPAA-compliant approach to endpoint devices was part of the Alliance Clinical Network’s larger IT strategy, explains Michael Trzcinski, its vice president of IT, cybersecurity and facility operations, ahead of his presentation.
Mobile use in the healthcare space has long been a double-edged sword with personal devices giving clinicians the ability to access healthcare data at any time from anywhere. Still, they also leave organizations vulnerable to myriad privacy and security risks, and give them big IT headaches.
Once the elephant in the room, texting patient data in healthcare is now the norm. Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid clarified its stance on texting patient data among members of healthcare teams. Texting of patient orders is...