Despite the health IT adoption push following the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, many healthcare facilities may not be prepared to meet some of the Health IT for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) requirements, based on the findings of the second annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society security survey.
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) stated that medical identity theft is quickly becoming one of the biggest security threats a healthcare IT administrator needs to consider, given the rich trove of personal data medical records typically include. However, the industry hasn't yet reached a consensus on how to address this exploding problem.
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