Data Provenance (DPROV) in the health Information Technology (IT) context refers to the creation of health IT data and the tracking of its permutations throughout its life cycle.  As the demand for data exchange increases, the need for confidence in the “authenticity, trustworthiness and…

Until passwords are extinct, we must manage them. After passwords are extinct, we must manage their replacements.

For those familiar with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) evaluations, the concept of Authenticator Management should be familiar from the…

Technologies in the healthcare IT industry are converging with time and are far out pacing the legacy systems used by hospitals and healthcare providers. Cloud technology offers a replacement for these legacy systems  with easier and faster access to this data as defined by the way it is…

The burgeoning health information technology (HIT) sector is fast being transformed into a healthcare-specific Internet of Things (IoT), a cloud based, globally interconnected intelligent network.  The IoT is rapidly making inroads into HIT, especially in the realm of medical device use and…

Since January 2015, there has been a flurry of information on healthcare IT concerns published by government and industry, in large part as a result of Congressional pressure. Congress is holding both public and private sectors to task for the lack of progress in achieving the interoperable…

This month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the final form of a document that Electrosoft coauthored with NIST scientist Michaela Iorga, NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7823, entitled “Advanced Metering Infrastructure Smart Meter Upgradeability…