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Navigating Compliance Challenges with the Information Blocking Rule: A Collection of Case Studies: HITEQ Center and Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, September 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule (Info Blocking Rule) prohibits covered actors – including health care providers, health IT developers of certified health IT, and health information exchanges/health information networks– from engaging in practices likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (EHI). The Info Blocking Rule includes eight exceptions that provide actors with certainty that, when their practice interferes with the access, exchange, or use of EHI and meets the conditions of one or more exception, such practice will not be considered information blocking.1 More Details...

Health Center Guidelines for Implementing FHIR and the Information Blocking Rule: HITEQ Center, September 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The 21st Century Cures Act and the ONC Health IT Certification Program include rules for technical configuration and use of Health Level 7® (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR) for health data exchange and accessibility. Health centers are directed to enable and publish their healthcare data locations, known as FHIR endpoints,* to and from their electronic health record (EHR). Part of the Cures Act, known as the Information Blocking Rule, mandates that patients have “easy” access to their digital medical information, costs and claims associated with their health record, and whom the data can be shared with. More Details...

A Guide to Essential Cybersecurity Tasks for Health Centers: For health centers with limited resources, developed in June 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: In an increasingly connected healthcare landscape, health centers face a dual challenge: the rising tide of cyber threats and the need to comply with stringent data protection regulations, all while managing limited resources. The ever-evolving nature of cyberattacks and the complexity of compliance requirements make it essential for health centers to prioritize cybersecurity tasks effectively. More Details...

Developing a SWOC Analysis (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this overview from the March 2022 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education: A Train-the-Trainer Course, Sarah Mitnick, MBA, provides an introduction to the components of a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) analysis and discusses appropriate uses of this type of analysis and direction on how to complete an analysis. More Details...

Security Risk Assessment: A HITEQ Privacy & Security Resource - New Templates Added May 2017 (2017). Resource Type: Template. Description: To successfully attest, providers must conduct a security risk assessment (SRA), implement updates as needed, and correctly identify security deficiencies. By conducting an SRA regularly, providers can identify and document potential threats and vulnerabilities related to data security, and develop a plan of action to mitigate them. More Details...

Breach Protection Overview Presentation for Health Centers: A HITEQ Privacy & Security Resource (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Data breaches in healthcare are consistently high in terms of volume, frequency, impact, and cost. High-level breaches are increasingly occurring in a more targeted manner toward health centers. This presentation provides Health Center leadership and trainers with a template to use to build out their own organization-specific presentation on breach. Data breaches in healthcare are consistently high in terms of volume, frequency, impact, and cost. High-level breaches are increasingly occurring in a more targeted manner toward health centers. This presentation provides Health Center leadership and trainers with a template to use to build out their own organization-specific presentation on breach. This presentation template covers the following agenda: Quick Start Healthcare Privacy & Security Healthcare Privacy & Security Policies and Legislation Implications for Breach Management and Mitigation Strategies Questions and discussion More Details...

How CHCs Are Funded - The Revenue Cycle (2015). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: Training on understanding how CHCs are funded and the role that staff play in the health center’s financial viability. Staff at CHCs often have limited or no understanding of where funds that support center activities and staff salaries come from. This webcast will provide HC staff knowledge of the role that billing, co-pays, SFS and collections play in the financial viability of the health center and how they are part of that role from the front desk to the provider. More Details...