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HIPAA/SOX: Requirements Quickly Met with silex Biometrics Security
Two New White Papers Help Address Technology and Security Issues
SALT LAKE CITY, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to help corporations understand and overcome some of the key issues faced in meeting the compliance requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and/or the Sarbanes-Oxley Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act (SOX), silex technology america, Inc. today released two free white papers designed to show healthcare and public companies how they can quickly comply within their current technology infrastructures utilizing new biometrics technology.

HIPAA's unintended consequences generate discussion
By Chris Hamby, First Amendment Center Online intern

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Journalists, lawyers, privacy consultants, a clergyman and even a choral conductor gathered earlier this week at the First Amendment Center for a conference on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that sparked some heated discussion.

Pushing Healthcare IT into the 21st Century
Talk about your political odd couples.

Who could have ever imagined seeing former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich standing side-by-side with former first lady and now senator from New York Hillary Rodham Clinton announcing their shared plan for the nation's healthcare system?

Don't gamble with HIPAA security compliance
by Ramon Padilla Jr.

Ramon Padilla thinks the HIPAA security compliance guidelines left too many loopholes for foot-dragging IT departments. Read his recommendations for becoming compliant and documenting your efforts.

April 21, 2005 has come and gone pretty much without a peep. That date was the deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security compliance. Was the lack of hubbub due to all the lead time we had to prepare, or was there some other reason that the deadline became a nonevent?