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Attorney: Cloud Vendor Contracts Wrought With Pitfalls

Marla Durben Hirsch | Fierce EMR | April 7, 2014

Despite the surge by providers to cloud-based electronic health record systems, cloud vendor contracts still are wrought with pitfalls and "threats", according to attorney Steven Fox with Post & Schell, who spoke April 4, on a webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association's Health Law Section.  "All cloud providers are not created equal," he warned.

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Patient Smart Cards: The Key To Protecting Patient Data?

Akanksha Jayanthi | Becker's Hospital Review | January 7, 2015

A new research paper from WEDI, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange formed by HHS in 1991 that serves as an advisor to the agency, examines the feasibility and usability of "secure identity tokens" as a means to protect and secure patient data...

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U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and UL Sign CRADA for Medical Devices Cybersecurity Standards

Press Release | Underwriters Laboratories | June 17, 2016

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science organization, today announced a signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Program (CRADA) for medical devices cybersecurity standards and certification approaches. As part of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, the CRADA mechanism was established to encourage the creation of teams to solve technological and industrial problems for the greater benefit of the country...

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