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Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS

Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS

Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, heads up a graduate healthcare IT program at the University of Denver. He is also Executive VP of 3t Systems, a complete healthcare IT services company which includes consulting, managed services, and secure cloud hosting. 3t Systems also specializes in healthcare workflow and HIPAA Security.  E-mail him here.

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So you think using a certified EHR makes your organization HIPAA secure? Think again. Careless users and mobile devices represent your greatest risk.

In the underlying causes of failures and dissatisfaction with EHRs, there are actually several issues that require commitment from vendors and providers to solve.

Increased EHR adoption and optimization, coupled with collaboration among vendors, can take healthcare data to the next level. Online consumerism can pave the way.

The main themes of this year's conference were the ongoing quest toward interoperability among EHRs and other systems, plus HIPAA security and mobility.

Using an EHR to simply replace the paper patient chart is not worth it.

The dangers of auto complete and cut and paste in EHRs lie not with EHRs themselves, but with potential misuse.

Are you craving national attention? Just put patient data on a laptop, as that seems to be the early trend in 2013 to becoming a HIPAA headline.

When it comes to digital health records, electronic silos are no better than paper silos.

It is 2013, but non-compliance with HIPAA remains an issue in the healthcare industry. Here are four tips to get your practice on track and in line.

While the current focus on health IT tends to be on features or capabilities, it's time to take a look at the higher purposes of these devices and software.

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