Why is There Still So Much Confusion, Denial, and Deception? The Office for Civil Rights just announced a $ 3 million penalty against Touchstone Medical...
Author - Mike Semel
Mike Semel is a noted thought leader, speaker, blogger, and best-selling author of HOW TO AVOID HIPAA HEADACHES . He is the President and Chief Security Officer of Semel Consulting, focused on HIPAA and other compliance requirements; cyber security; and Business Continuity planning. Mike is a Certified Business Continuity Professional through the Disaster Recovery Institute, a Certified HIPAA Professional, Certified Security Compliance Specialist, and Certified Health IT Specialist. He has owned or managed technology companies for over 30 years; served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a hospital and a K-12 school district; and managed operations at an online backup company.
When Microsoft ends support you will be unsecure and non-compliant Time is running out. And you probably don’t have the resources you need. Microsoft is ending...
HHS says Security and Compliance Require Actions, then Policies The common-sense, scalable, and actionable cybersecurity guidance recently released by the US...
In 2012 Accretive Health Care was banned from doing business in Minnesota for 2 – 6 years for a HIPAA violation. In 2018 New York State suspended a nurse’s...
What You Can Learn from the Russian Army, the US Navy, and a Suspended Nurse The General Counsel at one of our clients is a former district attorney who...
Would you put a $Â 10 fence around a $Â 100 horse? Does it make sense to put a $Â 100 fence around a $Â 10 horse? For the right security, you need to know what...
OCR Director Severino Makes Policy from the Podium Speaking at the HIMSS health IT conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Roger Severino, Director of the US...
Are Consumer Health Care Products Accurate & Safe Enough for Your Healthcare? At CES, the monstrous electronics show, I saw lots of consumer devices...
Editor’s Note: We’d like to welcome Mike Semel as the latest addition to the Healthcare Scene blog team. We’ve been working with Mike for...
