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Ohio Court: HIPAA Doesn't Protect All Medical Records

CIO — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the state's open records law overrules the protections for medical records under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Attorney John Greiner was the legal counsel for the ...More…

HIPAA May Have a Privacy Loophole

CIO — Privacy rules don't always cover popular personal health records. In 1999, WebMD started offering an online "personal health record," or PHR, to help consumers record, store and transport their medical information to any doctor or hospital. ...More…

Google, GE Absent From New EHR Alliance

CIO — Several major technology companies are notably absent from the EHR Stimulus Alliance, a newly formed group that aims to educate U.S. doctors about the benefits of electronic health records. The alliance, which promises to educate 500,000 ...More…

Careless with Your Business Website? Don't Get Sued.

CIO — An improperly created website can breed lawsuits. It's not the place to test the limits of the law. Once you put information out on the Net, it's there for anybody to see. It's the ultimate in unrestricted access. You might create a site for . ...More…

Make the Work Easier

CIO — As economic tough times continue, there's one thing companies can count on: more regulations. For the CIO and the IT department, that will mean more time spent grappling with and monitoring a seemingly endless (and growing) mountain of data ...More…

7 Things IT Managers Should Know About Lotus Notes

CIO — When the phrase "Lotus Notes" is mentioned in the halls of your IT department, you probably hear a range of responses, from "That's still around?" to "Notes is a critical part of our application portfolio, and we couldn't ...More…

LinkedIn Etiquette: Five Dos and Don'ts

CIO — Building a strong profile on LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, has taken on greater importance as the economy slips deeper into a recession. What information you decide to include, or exclude, could affect future job opportunities ...More…

IT Management: 7 Deadly Sins

CIO — Odds are, you've committed some venal sins at work-if not mortal ones. Whether it's falling prey to gadget lust, hoarding information, avoiding necessary but onerous chores, coveting thy neighbor's budget, venting anger all over your staff, or ...More…

LinkedIn Clamps Down On Super-Connected Users

CIO — LinkedIn has quietly clamped down on a controversial association known as the LinkedIn open networkers (LIONs), a group of LinkedIn members who liberally add contacts - known on LinkedIn as "connections" - even if they don't know each of the ...More…

Does a Tech Manager Need to Be Tech-Savvy?

CIO — To work in IT you have to have a tech background, right? Nope. With the right set of management skills, even a nontechnical person can make it as a successful manager. Sure, it helps to understand the bits and-bytes of each employee's area of ...More…

26 Ways To Know Your Software Development Project Is Doomed

CIO — Despite all our efforts to make every software development project a success, some are cursed from the very start. Here are 26 early warning signs-all, alas, real-world experiences-that an enterprise software development project is headed for a ...More…

Top Three Outsourcing Initiatives for 2009

CIO — It is not a stretch to presume most people were happy to see 2008 come to an end, yet most analysts and experts predict 2009 is going to be worse. As we stumble into the New Year, executives are challenged with the cyclical routines of planning, ...More…

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