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Security for Your Patients' Electronic Records

 You need to keep your patients' electronic data secure to meet both HIPAA and Meaningful Use requirements, but of course beyond that, it is the right thing to do. Your patients entrust you with sensitive information that could be used by criminals to wreck their credit and to provide private medical information to employers or others that they didn't want made public. An objective for Meaningful Use requires doctors to protect electronic health information created or maintained by the certified EHR technology through the implementation of appropriate technical capabilities. They don't specifically state what those "appropriate technical capabilities" are so that you can choose the appropriate ones for your practice now, and as technology changes, you can change with it. The HIPAA Security Rule lists four types of safeguards you must implement. They are administrative safeguards, physical safeguards, organizational standards and policies and procedures. Part of th...

Lifestyle Blogging For Money

 Let's get real here... If you want to journal your life, blogging is a great way to share that with family and friends. And it's an awesome way to communicate from the other side of the planet. I commend you for writing home, posting pictures, and sharing what's happening in your life on your blog. I read several of those, and love every single one of them! Thanks. But what about making some serious cash from all that blogging? Here's the deal... You can make money blogging your passions, but you STILL have to SELL something. Unless you're hot enough to bring in some serious bucks via donation, you're going to need to put something on that sweet blog of yours for sale. Because that's how you make money. You sell something. Lifestyle blogging for money is definitely a doable thing, so let's venture into that concept. John Chow talks about making money on his blog, and that's essentially what his blog is about. He tells people how to make money, and s...

Lead Generation In The Cards? These Hints Are For You!

Lead generation is an integral part of enhancing the performance of your business. Here are some great techniques to help you learn how to create leads. Listen up, and start generating more leads that will equate to more sales and greater performance for your business. To generate the most promising leads for your business, your website needs very clear instructions for the visitor. Make your offer stand out from all other content on the page and make sure it's easy to understand. The visitor should have no problem identifying your offer and knowing how to get in on it quickly. If you are a user or digital advertising methods, produce landing pages meant for your desired audience. A landing page targeted to match the advertisement driving the traffic, will show better results than being driven to the business site. This page is exactly what the consumer is looking for when they land there. Have a contact form there too, so you can easily generate the lead. Always seek validation of...