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Data breaches, malware and related frauds can cost an organization very dearly. The effects of cyber fraud are rather alarming:

It was estimated that cyberattacks amounted to a loss of at least a trillion dollars to the US economy in 2013, up by more than 25% over the previous year. The US continues to be the largest target and sufferer of cyberattacks. It accounts for more than a third of all cyberattacks that happen all around the world, followed by India, which is a distant second,…

Healthcare professionals have to mandatorily carry out HIPAA audits in a way that satisfies the regulatory authorities. This needs a thorough understanding of the exact meaning and import of words contained in HIPAA. They also need to get a grasp of the purpose and intent conveyed in HIPAA’s language. This is absolutely essential for both the…

Automated Clearinghouses (ACH) are a popular means of financial transactions, as they substitute actual physical paper documents such as cards and checks. ACH’s are an electronic network that facilitate and carry out a huge number of transactions online. In being online and quick; they have grown as a byproduct of the IT revolution and have gained popularity around the world for the ease of payments they…

Cash flow budgets, preserving key formulae and streamlining formula writing are just some of the varied functions of MS Excel. This wonder program helps the user to carry out a number of functions, all of which help in facilitating business decision-making. These apart; MS Excel offers users the opportunity to explore and carry out a vast range of activities, functions and calculations.

An expert with a quarter of a century of working in the world of Microsoft…

Electronic Health Records (EHR) or electronic medical records (EMR), as they are called, are of enormous use in the fields of healthcare and medical sciences. They have a number of features that enable the patient; the medical professional and the healthcare provider have complete and unimaginably easy access to all important records that relate to the patient.

A direct result of the…

This presentation will review the legal definition of medical device, and how it is applied by FDA to in vitro diagnostic tests. It will review the history of FDA interest in LDTs, and will describe the current situation with respect to Laboratory-developed tests. It will describe tests which have been cleared by FDA and those which have attempted clearance but not been cleared. It will discuss possible future actions by FDA and by the US laboratory community and assess their…

Visual BASIC for Applications (VBA) is the programming language built into MS Excel and other MS programs. It is a macro, which, as we know, is a recording of a series of tasks. At a simple level, it can be thought of as a smaller version of programing in that once certain tasks are assigned to it, it carries them out.

The main function of a macro is to work within a program such as MS Excel and automate tasks that…

The American healthcare industry is a curious mélange. On the one hand, it is the world’s largest industry, with an estimated size of around $ three trillion. It is a system in which any treatment option that one can think of is available to the patient. Yet, it is characterized by a high degree of inefficiency and exorbitant costs. Many treatment options are out of reach of a large number of patients. It also suffers from non-implementation of many best practices that would have ensured a…

It is not commonly known that a Covered Entity or its Business Associate have to comply with HIPAA regulations that relate to their organization’s human resources function. While HIPAA requirements for departments that deal with IT security…