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Remote users often lax with health data protection

Thanks to mobility, cloud-based storage and web access to office databases, about two-thirds of working professionals have accessed "some type of sensitive data" outside of their offices within the

'Tiger team' calls for digital authentication in provider-to-provider HIE

The privacy and security "tiger team" set up to resolve pressing issues for the Health IT Policy Committee is calling for standard authentication policies for direct electronic exchange of EHRs and

Health systems embracing single sign-on while still working out the bugs

Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pa., has greatly streamlined the process of logging on to its Eclipsys EMR by implementing biometric technology for single-sign-on access. "SSO definitely saves

FTC lawyer: Multi-layered data security essential in healthcare

Want to safeguard health information against the growing specter of identity theft? Try a strategy of "defensive depth," such as two-factor authentication and other multi-layered security policies, a

SPOTLIGHT: Two-factor authentication

Perhaps the biggest unanswered question of the national push toward EMRs is whether systems will adequately protect the privacy of patient information. The latest to doubt the security of EMRs is