Friday, August 16, 2019 Meeting Details: Time: 10:00AM CT Location: Texas State Capitol Extension Building, Room E2.026 To watch the live broadcast, click here. Meeting Documents: Agenda
Texas Health Services Authority Board of Directors Meeting
Friday, June 14, 2019 Meeting Details: Time: 10:00AM CT Location: Texas State Capitol Extension Building, Room E2.026 To watch the live broadcast, click here. Meeting Documents: Agenda
THSA Highlights from Texas’ 86th Legislative Session
George Gooch, CEO, THSAMay 28, 2019 Memorial Day marked the end of the Regular Session of the 86th Texas Legislature. Looking back, the past five months have been extremely eventful for the Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) and health information
Governor Abbott Names Chair and Appoints 14 to Texas Health Services Authority Board of Directors
Governor Abbott Names Chair and Appoints 14 to Texas Health Services Authority Board of Directors Board to Provide Guidance on THSA’s Strategic Efforts to Expand Health Information Exchange as Agency Seeks Funding for Health IT Solution to Disaster Response Austin,
HITInfrastructure.com: Assessing PULSE for Health Data Exchange in Emergencies in Texas
March 13, 2019 Texas is looking to deploy the Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies (PULSE) platform, which was developed by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT to provide secure health data exchange during an emergency.
UPDATE (2.19.19): THSA Extends HL7v2 Procurement Opportunity
February 11, 2019 The Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) hereby extends the HL7v2 procurement opportunity attached hereto. Entities that have already submitted a response need not resubmit, but will be asked to disclose any sentinel events (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, etc.)
Texas Health Services Authority Hearing on the State of Privacy and Cybersecurity in Texas
Friday, October 5, 2018 In 2011, the Legislature created the framework for a program to be administered by the Authority offering health care entities privacy and security certification for compliance with state and federal medical privacy and security laws. The
4 Steps to Developing a Privacy Management Program in the Healthcare Environment
June 27, 2018 By: George R. Gooch, JD, LLM, CHPC, CIPP/US While compliance with state and federal health privacy and security law is a good start, it is now increasingly common for healthcare organizations to develop a robust privacy management
THSA Updates Privacy Notice
THSA Privacy Notice Update May 25, 2018 At the Texas Health Services Authority (THSA), your privacy is of the utmost importance. This is why THSA goes to great lengths not only to safeguard protected health information (PHI), but all information
Data privacy keeping you up at night?
The tide is turning. Data breaches are in the news just about every day, and consumers are more aware than ever of how organizations utilize their sensitive information in light of recent data privacy scandals. If these issues keep you