Author: hcrsi

Password Best Practices for Healthcare Organizations

Passwords have become such a ubiquitous component in healthcare that it may not seem relevant to include them in any updates to your cyber defense. Yet the opposite is the case, especially in light of studies that show how easy passwords are to misuse: lacking in strength against brute force attacks, being shared too readily […]

Why All Businesses Should Care About Cybersecurity Changes to CMMC

President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity on May 12, 2021, which has since led to a review of the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program (CMMC). Developed back in 2019, CMMC’s goal has been two-pronged: protect government data, and evaluate the cyber compliance of government contractors. But […]

400+ CPT Code Changes You’ll Need for 2022

If you want to be ahead of the curve, the AMA recently released their updates to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set for next year. According to Fierce Healthcare, they include 249 new codes, 63 deletions, and 93 revisions, or just over 400 changes in all. And, similar to the changes we saw for this year, 2022’s […]

Cybersecurity and Interoperability: You Can’t Have One Without the Other

The Pandemic’s Perfect Storm During a national emergency, there will always be those who seek to turn the chaos to their own profitable ends— and the coronavirus pandemic has been no exception. 2020 was the fifth straight year in which reports of hacking incidents increased, with the 2020 number 42% higher than 2019. Hacking incidents […]

A Guide to Patient Data Standardization

In the world of health care, data standards are the key to increasing interoperability— a term you’ve probably heard before, which refers to the ability of health-related technology to exchange medical data seamlessly across distances and systems. Data standards existed before COVID-19, but the pandemic has only brought to light the pressing need for wider […]

What to Know About the New CPT Codes for COVID-19 Vaccines

What are CPT Codes? Current Procedural Terminology codes are created, copyrighted, and maintained by the American Medical Association. This is a huge task, as health care practices are constantly shifting, requiring new codes to be created for new services and current codes to be revised or retired as needed. Thousands of codes are in use, […]

How Contact Tracing Works

In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and health organizations scrambled for ways to protect vulnerable people and slow the spread of the virus. One vital strategy has been contact tracing, which involves warning those who have been in contact with the virus. Once someone learns of their exposure to the virus, they […]

Celebrating World Health Day and Healthy People 2030

World Health Day, an annual celebration of progress internationally, took place on April 7th. It gave us a time to reflect on how we can all work to make the world an even healthier and more equitable world. One of the biggest initiatives this year from the World Health Organization is Healthy People 2030. How […]

Celebrating National Minority Health Month

April is National Minority Health Month. This initiative, led by the Office of Minority Health (OHM), is committed to improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities throughout the country through education, awareness events and critical conversations. This year, the theme of the month is shining a light on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on […]

Coping With Work and Stress During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has been very tough on workers, whether you have been working remotely or going to the office every day. The relationship between work and stress has long endured, but stress rates have climbed over the course of the pandemic. From fear about the disease to workplace stress, it is a recipe for […]