HITEQ Resources & Events

Many times when we think of mobile health it is in the terms of patient engagement and communication, but it is important for Health Centers to also be familiar with privacy and security concerns as it relates to mobile devices used by providers and staff.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCOE) has recently provided two new resources that cover movile device security and a catalogue of currently known threats. Both items are available for download from the NCCOE website.

The HHS Office for Civil Rights has started its next phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates. The 2016 Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program will review the policies and procedures adopted and employed by covered entities and their business associates to meet selected standards and implementation specifications of the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. 

This article provides an overview of a patient portal implementation conducted by Patients First within east central Missouri counties. The NextMD patient portal was rolled out in August 2010 and serves three core functions:  1) Providing patients with an electronic clinical summary, 2) Providing timely access to lab results, and 3) Providing secure messaging with clinical and office staff.

This report from the Connonwealth Fund provides researchers and organizations with methods for evaluating effectiveness, safety, quality, and opportunities to better engage patients in self-management of their health.

The domain of patient engagement within mobile health was defined as "the ability for apps to enable collaboration, activation and participation, information-sharing, and decision-making in one’s own health."

All Health Center grantees and Look-Alikes, regardless of the population-based funding, are required to report all patients who were served at a health center that is located or immediately accessible to a public housing site.