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*** NIST Releases Information Security Handbook for Managers ***
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced Nov. 9 the release of Special Publication 800-100, Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers. This Information Security Handbook provides a broad overview of information security program elements to assist managers in understanding how to establish and implement an information security program. Even though the document is geared toward the federal sector, the handbook can also be used to provide guidance on a variety of other governmental, organizational, or institutional security requirements and is useful to any manager who requires a broad overview of information security practices.
View NIST's "Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers."
*** Akron Children's Hospital Computer System Breached ***
Akron Children's Hospital has notified federal authorities following the discovery of two unauthorized breaches into separate computer databases at the hospital. The first database contained personal information about hospital patients. The hospital said there is no evidence that any patient information was exposed. The second breach involved a server containing information about individuals who have made donations to the hospital.
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*** DOD E-Health System Goes Dark ***
The Clinical Data Repository (CDR), which holds the medical records of 8.6 million active-duty and retired military personnel and their family members, failed Nov. 1 and was unavailable to Department of Defense (DOD) clinicians. The CDR is part of the DOD electronic health record systems and is housed at a Defense Information Systems Agency data center. System downtime and slow system response have hampered clinician productivity according to top medical officials in the Army, Navy and Air Force.
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*** CMS Might Seek to Promote Healthcare IT through Regulation ***
Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Leslie Norwalk on Nov. 1 in a keynote speech to the World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress said that without the enactment of legislation to promote healthcare IT, CMS "might have to help forward health IT on a regulatory basis." According to Norwalk, CMS might seek to promote healthcare IT through demonstration projects that test new forms of reimbursement and healthcare delivery and through Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations. Norwalk also discussed the need for interoperability standards to promote healthcare IT.
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