Physician Practice Opportunities
We have exciting opportunities for board certified/board eligible physicians to join Covenant Medical Group. The ideal candidate should have experience and a Texas license.
requires individual configuration and that vendors and clinicians often do not work together effectively to implement clinically meaningful data exchange. TMA strongly believes that to truly achieve interoperability, CMS and ONC need to focus on a comprehensive set of connectivity tests that EHR [electronic health record] and HIE vendors need to pass in order to certify for meaningful use.” To review TMA’s comments, log on to the EHR Incentive Program Resource Center on the TMA website at www.tex
med.org/EHRincentive, and scroll down to select the Advocacy tab. For more information about the EHR incentive program or other health infor- mation technology issues, contact TMA’s HIT Department at (800) 880-5720 or
HIT@texmed.org.
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Covenant Medical Group (CMG) is affiliated with Covenant Health System in Lubbock, Texas. CMG is a multi-specialty group with more than 150 physicians across West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefit package. CV should include salary requirements and can be forwarded to Covenant Medical Group, Attn: Kelly Fortney, 3420 22nd Place, Lubbock, TX 79410 or faxed to (806) 723-7476. For telephone inquiries, call (806) 725-7875.
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.ly/19456wN. To access TMA’s on- demand webinar, visit http://bit .ly/1945hZ0.
The first step is to do — and docu- ment — a risk assessment for the prac- tice. Then practices can create policies and procedures to make sure the elec- tronic protected health information (e- PHI) in the practice is secure. Complying With HIPAA Security covers these Do’s and Don’ts:
• Do have a policy for handling keys, magnetic access cards, or keypad security codes when a staff member leaves the practice.
• Do use antivirus software on your computers, and keep it current.
• Do require screensavers and pass- words that contain a combination of more than 10 letters, numbers, and special characters.
• Do require staff to change passwords on a regular basis.
• Do have a procedure to handle mo- bile devices that are lost or stolen.
Focus on the HIPAA security rule
Recently completed privacy and data- security pilot audits conducted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) re- vealed practices are struggling to comply with electronic data security. Nearly all of the health profession- als audited (this category encompassed practices and pharmacies) had at least one HIPAA security “finding” or “obser- vation” of noncompliance, reported OCR Senior Adviser Linda Sanches in a pre- sentation,
http://bit.ly/10dM46l. For every finding and observation cit- ed in the audit reports, the auditor iden- tified a “cause.” The most common cause for both security and privacy problems is “entity unaware of the requirement,” Ms. Sanches’ presentation said. This suggests good places to start HIPAA security com- pliance are with a careful reading of the HIPAA Security Rule and with training, such as TMA’s webinar, Complying With HIPAA Security. To read the rule, visit http://bit
• Do back up your e-PHI and store the backups off site where they are safe from natural and environmental haz- ards.
• Don’t let computer screens with e-PHI on them face patient waiting areas.
• Don’t invite pharmacy sales reps to wait in areas where they might have access to something they shouldn’t.
• Don’t dump computers in a trash bin or send them to your favorite char- ity without properly removing or de- stroying storage on the device.
• Don’t leave electronic health record systems running in patient exam rooms where a patient could look at another patient’s records.
• Don’t send text or email messages with e-PHI unless you know they are secure.
• Don’t let your children use your per- sonal electronic devices to watch movies, play games, or listen to music if you access or share e-PHI on those devices. n
Crystal Zuzek is an associate editor of Texas Medicine. You can reach her by telephone at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1385, or (512) 370-1385; by fax at (512) 370-1629; or by email at
crystal.zuzek@texmed.org.
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