Reston, Virginia (PRWEB) November 10, 2011

BEI is offering a new service to assist healthcare practices to attain Meaningful Use. Several practices are in the method of becoming ?Meaningful Users? of their electronic well being record (EHR) systems. Most of the initial measures involved with Meaningful Use involve some form of provider behavior (e.g. eprescribing 40% of the time) or turning on and employing some aspect of the EHR (e.g. produce a list of patients by specific condition).

Core Set Measure 15 is distinct. Measure 15 asks the provider to ?Conduct or evaluation a security risk analysis, implement security updates as needed and right identified security deficiencies as portion of its risk management approach.? The objective here is to be in a position to prove the provider is protecting electronic well being info developed or maintained by their EHR. The very good news is that this is some thing that each and every company, specially organizations who shop confidential patient (or client) information must be performing anyway. Any adjustments that result from the Measure 15 Risk Analysis are just great company practices and will assist maintain the practice and their patients? Protected Well being Information (PHI) safe from any ?negative guys? that are out there.

Mike Jennings, President of BEI commented, ?Danger analysis is not new ? it has been portion of the HIPAA Security Rule because 2003 and is one thing that practices must have been performing all along. One of the most tough issues for practices is that there is not a lot of guidance to go by to know what the federal government is seeking for here regarding this certain danger analysis. 1 of the benefits we bring is that we?ve researched the needs, know the procedure and can conduct an efficient and powerful audit.?

Most organizations rely heavily on their internal personal computer networks to conduct their day-to-day company. These days?s networks generally consist of fairly normal hardware such as PCs, laptops, servers, wireless networking, routers, switches, firewalls, etc. Virtually all of these networks are connected to the Net. For the most part, a connection to the World wide web is a tremendous asset: staff can send and get e-mail, search for info, give internet demonstrations and carry out a myriad of other functions. However, an increasingly large problem is that of security. Just about each and every day there is an article in the newspaper about a major security breach of one kind or an additional. Most firms take personal computer security very seriously, as it is not to their advantage to have their servers hacked or their email compromised. Regardless of all their efforts, however, corporate IT security remains an issue that organizations need to concentrate on each day. Though adding security to a network is an additional price (each in the cost of the measures themselves and added time it could take an employee to carry out a particular job), it is a necessary and unavoidable price of performing enterprise.

Jennings continued, ?When HHS created the EHR Incentive Program, the need to have to insure that ePHI (electronic Protected Health Information) was secure was a really high priority. Privacy is 1 of the core tenets of HIPAA, and is assumed by all Americans. We all expect that when we go to the doctor, our medical records will stay private and secure. BEI?s Core Set Measure 15 Danger Analysis is developed to do just that ? make certain practices take the proper methods to safeguard the privacy of its patients and their medical information developed or maintained by the EHR program. This also protects our customers and assists ensure that they will be in a position to collect their EHR incentives.?

Jonathan Krasner, BEI?s Healthcare IT Consultant added, ?HIPAA Security Rule auditing, of which Core Set Measure 15 Danger Analysis is just a subset of, is already included in the service agreements we have with our healthcare customers. We evaluation the whole HIPAA Security Rule plan of our clients? annually and practices locate that although the 1st audit might be fairly time consuming, subsequent years are usually fairly straightforward. Problems are identified in the beginning and then if the plan is followed it is just a matter of fine-tuning. HHS will be conducting random audits of providers who receive incentive income, so this measure ought to not be taken lightly. Documentation of the danger analysis and resulting security implementation is really critical?

Practices that are interested in making use of BEI for their Core Set Measure 15 Danger Analysis must get in touch with Mr. Krasner directly at 703-528-8300 x 105 or jonathan.krasner(at)beinetworks.com.

BEI is a privately owned enterprise that has been supplying IT support services to organizations of all sizes all through the Washington DC metro area because 1987. Today BEI gives network design, installation, support, maintenance and procurement services to hundreds of customers in the region and has become the region?s premier provider of healthcare IT consulting and services. Healthcare IT is really distinct than the services and support that is usually provided to other companies – men and women are walking about, logging on and off PCs all the time, and employing all sorts of peripherals (scanners, cameras, medical devices) for data input. BEI is focused on thoroughly understanding and supporting these specifications.

BEI is a Microsoft Partner with Gold Competencies in Server Platform and Volume Licensing. BEI is operating with the Virginia Regional Extension Center (VHIT) to provide Meaningful Use consulting to practices in Northern Virginia. BEI is affiliated with the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Arlington County Medical Society, the Northern Virginia Practice Management Association, the Healthcare Details and Management Systems Society and the Microsoft Wellness Users Group. Subscribe to BEI?s Healthcare IT newsletter.

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