Healthcare Information Security Podcast

One of the nation's best-known healthcare data security experts who's advising federal regulators on policy issues offers advice to organizations preparing to comply with the data breach notification requirements of the HITECH Act. In an interview, Dixie Baker of SAIC advises hospitals and others to: Study how the HITECH Act, and the interim final rule on breach notification, precisely define what constitutes a data breach; Consider encrypting more information to protect against breaches; Implement detailed processes for notifying affected individuals and federal regulators about a breach; and Train all staff members about how to avoid a breach, how to recognize one and what do if one should occur. Baker is senior vice president and chief technology officer for health and life sciences at Science Applications International Corp., a McLean, Va.-based scientific, engineering and technology applications company. The consultant has played a key role in the federal government's efforts to set policies and sta