Compliance Updates

NJ HIMSS CMIO Series – Angela Yochem of Novant Health – Innovative Digital Transformation Leadership – Sponsored by ComplyAssistant

The New Jersey HIMSS Digital Transformation podcast series continues with an in-depth discussion with a national leader on the topic.  This episode’s guest is Angela Yochem, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer at Novant Health and Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Novant Health Enterprises. Join your NJ HIMSS host, Jim Hennessy, CEO of e4 Services, as he […]

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First Annual ViVE Conference: Reactions and Takeaways

ComplyAssistant’s Ken Reiher attended the first annual ViVE Conference and had the following reaction and takeaway noted by Health IT Answers in their “First Annual ViVE Conference: Reactions and Takeaways” article. “Throughout my career, I have attended several healthcare conferences but, ViVE was a little different. Since the majority of attendees have not attended a […]

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The Evolution of Risk to PHI and Patient Safety

In the 70s and 80s, healthcare organizations started to migrate their patient management information from hard copy to electronic, either on shared mainframes such as SMS and McAuto or on microprocessors. The user workstations had no intelligence and were known as “dumb terminals.” There were limited locations of electronic identifiable health information. There was no motivation to sell identifiable health information.

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ComplyAssistant’s Gerry Blass Volunteers as a 405(d) Task Group Brand Ambassador

ComplyAssistant Contact:Gerry Blass(800) 609-3414 ext 700gerry@complyassistant.com Colts Neck, N.J.—April 26, 2021 – Gerry Blass, President and CEO of ComplyAssistant, has volunteered to serve as a brand ambassador on the Cybersecurity Act (CSA) 405(d) Task Group. As a brand ambassador, Blass will work with a number of ambassadors to promote the Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) […]

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Information Blocking and the Future of Patient Care: Breaking Down the 8 Exceptions

President and CEO Gerry Blass sat down with Journal of AHIMA senior editor Mary Butler on a recent episode of the Hi Pitch Podcast to talk about the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Final Rule and the eight information blocking exceptions. Blass was joined by attorney Helen Oscislawski, who spoke to the challenges her clients have faced as they prepare to comply with the rule, which goes into effect on April 5th.

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