The BluePrint Framework for Transforming Health IT
The BluePrint Framework for Transforming Health IT was developed to assist healthcare provider organizations advance their current and future strategic priorities. The BluePrint Framework includes five stages--Secure, Implement, Adopt, Optimize and Innovate--based on real-world expertise and best-practices.
Building on a foundation of healthcare privacy and security, these learnings were developed from BluePrint’s work with healthcare systems on health information exchange, electronic health record and application deployments, privacy and security, Health IT adoption, change management, systems integration and implementation, care coordination optimization and innovation adoption. BluePrint’s in-depth industry involvement ensures that programs are aligned with current and future health IT trends, healthcare transformation initiatives, regulatory requirements and public policy issues.
BluePrint Healthcare IT Recognized as a HITRUST CSF Assessor
BluePrint Healthcare IT announced that it has been designated by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) as a Common Security Framework (CSF) Assessor. This achievement will allow BluePrint to provide covered entities, health information exchanges and business associates with greater visibility into the security and privacy risks which can lead to breaches of protected health information (PHI). The HITRUST CSF is the most widely adopted security framework in the healthcare industry. >> Full Press Release
Accelerate Meaningful Use and Health Information Exchange
Health Information Exchange
• Health Information Exchange Strategic and Operational Planning
• HIE Project Management and Implementation
• HIE Secure & EMR Secure: Privacy and Security for HIEs and Physician Practices
• HIE Legal and Regulatory Compliance
• HIE Coordination and Alignment with State and Federal agencies
The BluePrint Healthcare IT Care Coordination Optimization program provides frameworks for the development of technology enabled Care Coordination programs. By implementing enterprise wide Care Coordination programs, organizations improve patient and family experiences, facilitate point of care decision making, reduce costly readmissions and build infrastructures that support new financial payment models such as Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Centered Medical Home.
• Meaningful Use Awareness For Executive Management and Staff
• Meaningful Use Strategic and Operational Planning
• Meaningful Use Readiness Assessment Tool
• Project, Security and Compliance Management Software
• Solution Development Working Sessions
• Meaningful Use and HITECH Subject Matter Expertise
• Project Management and Implementation Resources
This self-assessment consists of 25 questions across 9 information security categories. The purpose of the self assessment is to provide a quick snapshot into the security controls within your organization and indicate potential areas of improvement. This online tool should be used as a starting point to better understand your organization’s ability to comply with HIPAA, HITECH and the Meaningful Use Risk Analysis requirement. By itself it does not provide a total solution to the assessment, remediation and compliance needs of healthcare organizations.
BluePrint Healthcare IT Announces Programs to Support
Secure Health Information Exchange
CRANBURY, NJ, July 21, 2010 -- BluePrint Healthcare IT www.blueprinthit.com announces two new programs that prepare Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and Hospital Systems for secure exchange of information. With the changes to the HIPAA regulations as a result of the HITECH Act, HIEs and users of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems are required to ensure privacy and security of patient information. HIE Secure and EMR Secure address privacy and security issues for protected health information (PHI).
Indranil Ganguly, Vice President, CIO, CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ, signed on to the HIE Secure program because “Our goal at CentraState is to improve patient care for our entire community.”
Ganguly explained, “In today's environment one of the things this means is offering secure health information exchange for physicians and patients. The BluePrint HIE Secure program gives us the framework for building a secure health information exchange based on BluePrint's domain expertise, as well as national Health IT standards and best practices.”
Ten Steps for Hospitals and Healthcare Systems to Comply with HITECH
Achieving the Right balance of Security, Privacy, Compliance and Risk Management Security and privacy are fundamental to the success of the healthcare reform initiatives included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
BluePrint Healthcare IT's Gregory Michaels, Director of Compliance and Security Solutions, has written a brief summary of the top ten steps needed to comply with ARRA and HITECH. Here are three of the top ten areas on which to focus:
1. Organize assets according to sensitivity and importance
2. Mitigate security and compliance risk to an acceptable level
3. Update policies and procedures to reflect changes in law
