Recently we published an interview with Julia Caplan, the program manager for California Public Health’s Health in All Policies Task Force. The American Public Health Association describes Health in All Policies as a collaborative approach to improve health by incorporating health considerations into decision-making across all policy areas. Similarly, NACCHO’s Environmental Health in All Policies […]
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4 Reasons Not Conducting a Security Risk Assessment Can Cost You Money
A Security Risk Assessment (SRA) is an analysis of your healthcare organization or associated business for any potential threats or issues in handling protected health information (PHI) under the Health Insurance Portability and accountability Act (HIPAA). It is also mandatory for all Covered Entities under the HIPAA security rule and needs to be performed annually. […]
Read MoreA Balancing Act for Public Health Departments. Here are three things you should focus on.
Achieving Maximum Productivity and Performance: A Balancing Act for Public Health Departments. Here are three things you should focus on. There are three legs of a stool that every business, practice or department must balance to achieve maximum productivity and performance. Those are Product, Process and People. Balancing and optimally using all three legs […]
Read MoreThe 2 Sides of Safeguarding your EHR Data from Cybersecurity Threats
In today’s electronic healthcare world, it is important to make the patient feel safe about sharing their health details. If they feel their personal health information (PHI) could be at risk of hackers, they may be more likely to withhold information, which could result (worst case scenario) in life threatening consequences. To fully create a […]
Read MoreRevised EHR Incentive Program Could Get Behavioral Health and Public Health Agencies on the Same Team
According to HealthIT.gov, “an estimated 26% of Americans age 18 and older are living with a mental health disorder in any given year, and 46% will have a mental health disorder over the course of their lifetime. In addition, an estimated 8% of Americans are in need of drug or alcohol abuse treatment.” Mental health and drug […]
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