DP Solutions Participates in Round Table to Discuss Advanced Healthcare Data Security, Electronic Medical Records

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Mac McElwee, Director of Healthcare Services at DP Solutions in Columbia, MD, participated this week in a round table discussion concerning Advanced Healthcare Data Security and Audit Protocols for Electronic Medical Records at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.

Mr. McElwee was among a panel of notable guests including William L. Anderson, President/CEO of Cryptek; J. Anthony Forstmann of Forstmann and Co.; and Brian Lichtlin, CEO of Medappz.

Dr. S. Vincent Grasso, an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Stevens Institute of Technology and founder of Technology Integrations for Medical Applications, Inc., (TIMA), hosted the round table discussion with the intention of creating a research lab at Stevens for addressing the issues of Advanced Healthcare Data Security and Audit Protocols for Electronic Medical Records.

A recent article in Healthcare IT News reported via the results of an online survey of security and information, security officers covering the gap between risks and threats to information and protocols to address these issues. In the healthcare industry, 46 percent of respondents perceived the gap as widening, while only 25 percent of executives in the financial and IT industries viewed it so.

Information security executives ranked current employees (59 percent) as the greatest threat to their organizations’ security, followed by terminated employees (43 percent), trusted third parties (37 percent), and external sources (27 percent).

The recent mishandlings and theft of personal data from approximately 26 million US veterans and a major online travel booking organization, due to an employee and third-party consulting respectively, is alarming and reinforces the above finding via the conducted survey.

Concerning the theft of medical data, it is surprising to note that in Colorado, it is considered only a Class 6 Felony, ranking it slightly higher than a misdemeanor.


“The healthcare industry within the United States is a complex arena that is behind other industries in many areas. It’s going to take the expertise and resources of a very diverse group working together and pushing the envelope on technology, business workflow, and current business practices to modernize the healthcare system, while improving peoples’ lives in the process. We have to be willing to work together to strive for excellence, versus accepting minimum requirements and standards.” Mac McElwee, Director of Healthcare Services, DP Solutions.

The panel at Stevens concluded that a more stringent protocol for assuring as best as possible the integrity and security of medical data requires a more integrated relationship between the various aspects of the network, hosting and the storing of medical records. An approach more consistent with governmental standards may be required, extending the guidelines of HIPAA even further.

“The merger of a robust systems integration of hardware, software, network, telecom, and audit components with encryption, data control and access centralization, extends the security umbrella for any system, and certainly is of value to the healthcare vertical.” William L. Anderson, President/CEO, Cryptek, Inc.


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About Us: About DP Solutions

DP Solutions, located in Columbia, Maryland, offers services that range from industry-specific enterprise software and custom application development to networking, web development, application hosting and security solutions. The company’s healthcare focus consists of developing custom transaction translator and claims processing components. For more information about DP Solutions healthcare offerings, please visit www.dpsolutionshealthcare.com.


About Technology Integrations for Medical Applications, Inc. (TIMA)

TIMA is a software development company enabling a wide range of private, secure, fully audited, and distributed healthcare services to be transacted efficiently and effectively within its Healthcare Enterprise Portal. The TIMA platform fuses information flow and business logic across a wide and integrated network enabling healthcare related services to be delivered within a disruptive pricing model with at least an order of magnitude of advantage concerning price and performance.

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