Data Integrity Matters Now™
Just Associates provides data integrity services that decrease healthcare information issues and minimize the ongoing cost of maintaining patient data quality.
The True Costs of a Breach: Much more than you might think
Any breach of protected health information (PHI) is a serious issue. In recent years, healthcare organizations have been targeted by cybercriminals due to the high value of PHI. As of March 31, 2017, over 1,890 large breaches have been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
HIPAA and BYOD
There is no denying that technology has had a measurable impact on the healthcare industry, but not all of the changes have been positive. Recent data breaches have reignited focus on HIPAA compliance, especially among those healthcare organizations that allow their employees to “Bring Your Own…
Rooting Out Errors
Errors in patient matching continue to plague the healthcare industry, potentially affecting clinical decision making and patient safety, impacting a patient’s privacy and security, and increasing costs to patients, providers, and payers. What’s even more concerning, patient identification errors…
Patient Matching
Last February, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) released its findings on the state of patient matching systems and programs as a part of the ONC’s Patient Matching Initiative. Launched in 2013, the program was created to improve patient matching across disparate systems through…
Information Gems
It’s one of the most underutilized tools HIM Managers have at their fingertips—and one of the most powerful when it comes to data integrity. Hidden within the statistics of the data integrity summary report are the informational keys to maintaining the integrity of the data within the master patient…
