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A nice honor for Sarah Bush

May 03, 2013 12:48 p.m.

 

A nice honor for Sarah Bush
It is so nice to have a client that you really like.  We always strive for strong and trusting relationships with all our clients, and in most cases we succeed.
Every once in awhile though, we are fortunate enough to have a client that really clicks.  One of those is Sarah Bush.  They are just the nicest group of people you can imagine.
That's why we are thrilled to have played a part in their recent Gold Aster Award for outstanding website.  They were the only Gold winner in their group, which included ...

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Updated 05/03/13 @ 12:48PM CDT by brian

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Categories: Healthcare Marketing

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Upcoming Healthcare Internet Conference Presentation

June 28, 2012 2:57 p.m.

Just got word that I will be speaking at the Greystone.Net Healthcare Internet Conference.  It is a joint presentation with our client OSF Healthcare (specifically OSF's Illinois Neurological Institute).  The working title for the presentation is "It Pays to Be Special - Converting a Specialty Practice Web Presence into Dollars."

I'm excited to be co-presenting as it combines two of my favorite Web-related topics:  monetizing a website and website security.  My specific role will be to focus on the methodology we used to make the online process HIPAA compliant, especially as it relates to HITECH.

Much of the ...

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Updated 06/28/12 @ 02:57PM CDT by brian

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Categories: Healthcare Technology

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Where HIPAA and your website collide

January 26, 2012 11:36 a.m.

HIPAA’s HITECH rule is nothing if not complicated.  Simply finding a clear and unambiguous description of what must be done to protect your website is a significant research project in itself.  Its path starts at the Federal Register, then to the Department of Health and Human Services with a brief but important detour to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.  And that’s if you don’t get sidetracked by quasi-official looking sites like hipaa.com, hipaaguide.net and hipaasurvivalguide.com.

As a Web developer with a specialty in creating and maintaining hospital websites, it is important that ...

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Updated 01/26/12 @ 11:36AM CST by brian

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New study: 93% of passwords protecting medical records cracked

February 11, 2011 12:20 p.m.

According to a new study released in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, 93% of passwords used to safeguard protected health information were cracked utilizing commercially available password cracking software.

The study was conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario. 

The test was conducted using files provided by volunteer stakeholders in 15 clinical trials.  And, although the samples were not representative of all clinical trials in Canada, they were "likely examples of trials where the stakeholders were sufficiently comfortable with their security practices."

"In all cases the ...

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Updated 02/11/11 @ 12:20PM CST by brian

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Categories: Healthcare Research Technology Web News

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