The following is written by Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. A recent report by HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance, www.hitrustalliance.net), a national consortium of healthcare professionals that focuses on healthcare data security, provides…
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