Things change quickly in our industry. The following third party links provide additional resources to help you stay abreast of nationwide trends and happenings:

New Tool To Monitor HIPAA Compliance
Information Week – 9/28/05
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171201069

Katrina shows import of electronic medical records, backers say
San Jose Business Journal – 9/26/05
http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/health_care/industry_regulation/2005/09/26/sanjose_story5.html

Odds against inmates in grievances
The News Journal – 9/25/05
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050925/NEWS01/509250358/1006

HHS Proposes Standards for Electronic Health Care Claims Attachments
PR Newswire – 9/23/05
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&
STORY=/www/story/09-23-2005/0004114328&EDATE=

Health privacy gets examined
Arizona Daily Wildcat – 9/23/05
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/98/184/01_2.html

Electronic medical-records plan raises fears
Privacy advocates missing from feds' recommendation panel
WorldNetDaily.com – 9/17/05
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46370

Kaiser apologizes by mail for privacy breach
Rocky Mountain News – 9/17/05
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/business/article/0,1299,DRMN_4_4087726,00.html

Speaking out on Security
Health Facilities Management – 9/13/05
http://www.hospitalconnect.com/hfmmagazine/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HFMMAG
AZINE/PubsNewsArticleGen/data/0509HFM_DEPT_Codes&domain=HFMMAGAZINE

Progress Is Slow on HIPAA Security Rules
Computer World – 9/12/05
http://www.computerworld.com/industrytopics/healthcare/story/0,10801,104543,00.html

Hospitals take pains to prevent ID theft
The Virginian-Pilot – 9/9/05
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=91889&ran=163384

When securing information, don’t overlook intranet
FederalTimes.com – 9/9/05
http://federaltimes.com/index2.php?S=1092951

Kansas Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Abortion Medical
Records Case; AG Wants To Investigate for Felonies by Clinics
Kaiser Network.org – 9/9/05
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=32472

Best Practices For Building An Encrypted (But Accessible) E-Mail Archive
Information Week – 9/8/05
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170701588&tid=5979

Disclaimer
DWT is not responsible for any of the material contained on any of these sites and DWT does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, legality or reliability of any third party site.

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