Our investigators have partnered with healthcare organizations across the state of Alabama and throughout the US, including UAB Dermatology Dept., UAB School of Medicine, UAH Multimedia Center/School of Nursing, Jackson County, AL healthcare providers, and Childrens Hospital Boston.
Our Goals:
- Develop government-university-industry partnerships
- Pursue Healthcare IT R&D through Federal and State Grants
- Determine the best soulutions for our customers
- Be vendor-neutral
- Utilize telehealth technology to benefit urban and rural areas and reduce healthcare costs
- Security and Privacy Engineering Consulting
- Electronic Health Information Exchange Planning
- Electronic Health Record Systems Evaluation and Integration Support
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule Compliance
ISAC is pleased to support the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation state proposal to the national Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration project. The project will assess how privacy and security laws and business practices affect exchange of interoperable electronic health information (EHI) within the state of Alabama as well as interstate exchange. ISAC will provide Health IT and security consulting.
From GCN: HEALTH IT PRIVACY EFFORTS TO LAUNCH IN APRIL
The privacy element of the Health and Human Services Department's health
IT efforts will launch in late April with the award of
contracts to study the variations in state privacy and security
policies and regulations that may hinder electronic exchange of
information.
More information at http://www.gcn.com/
