Key Provider of the Month – CQ Simple Importance of Data Security In Healthcare

CMU Seeks Clinical Educators and Partnerships in MAT to Treat Opioid Use Disorders

Opioids (including prescription opioids, heroin and fentanyl) killed 46,802 people in 2018, and nearly 70 percent of all opioid overdose deaths involved a prescription opioid. The opioid epidemic is hitting close to home – Michigan has experienced a 16 percent increase in synthetic opioid related deaths in 2018. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased opioid use and overdoses, which emphasizes the need for clinicians to become MAT prescribers. CMU College of Medicine and the CMU PA Program have worked to implement a MAT training program into the curriculum for medical and PA students. Phase 1 of the curriculum is to combat the opioid epidemic by training medical and PA students with 8-hours of mandatory classroom learning (and additional 16-hours online for PA students) using the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM)-accredited curriculum with medicationassisted treatment (MAT) Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) waiver training requirements. Phase 2 of the curriculum is providing these students with an opportunity in a clinical setting working with patients receiving MAT for opioid use disorder at certified Opioid Treatment Facilities or at primary care offices offering MAT for opioid use disorder in the form of office-based outpatient treatment. We are seeking partnerships with clinical educators at certified opioid treatment facilities or primary care offices that offer MAT to host our students for this clinical experience. If you are interested in hosting students please contact, Alyson McClintock at hill1am@cmich.edu or at (989) 746-7506.

Thank you. Juliette Perzhinsky, MD, MSc and Alyson McClintock, Project Coordinator

SAVE THE DATE: Free 8-hour MAT DATA Waiver Training Through ASAM – Saturday, April 17, 2021, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

College of Medicine Announces First Endowed Chair

Congratulations to Kathleen L. Meert, MD, the newly named Schotanus Family Chair of Pediatrics at the CMU College of Medicine. Dr. Meert is president of University Pediatricians and pediatric specialist-in-chief at Detroit Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Michigan. "A clinician and avid researcher, Dr. Meert is nationally recognized for conducting multicenter clinical trials," said George E. Kikano, MD, CMU Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the CMU College of Medicine. Read more.

ICYMI: Stories from CMU News and Social Media

College of Medicine faculty and staff have been prominently featured in CMU news and on our social media channels for their research and expertise in public health. Here are some of the stories you may have missed.

Don't take COVID-19 with you

Advice for travel to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the holiday break. "We must be vigilant to prevent taking this virus home to our families and spreading it further into other communities," said Dean George E. Kikano, MD. "Also, we all must continue to wear masks, socially distance and wash our hands."

Learning on medicine’s front lines

Equipped with a passion for research, Asim Kichloo, MD, CMU Health Academic Hospitalist, is paving the way for understanding COVID-19 and how to manage the disease in the Great Lakes Bay Region. Dr. Kichloo treats patients and trains medical residents at Ascension St. Mary's Hospital, and is one of the first to describe cases of the illness in combination with other conditions such as kidney disease, Epstein-Barr virus, lupus pneumonitis, heart arrhythmia and more.

CDC grants will equip CMU to fight suicide, childhood trauma

The CMU College of Medicine and the CMU Interdisciplinary Center for Community Health and Wellness (ICCHW) are key partners to the state of Michigan in receiving $5 million-plus in CDC grants for statewide public health initiatives. The CDC granted the awards for suicide death prevention in men and to address adverse childhood experiences. Alison Arnold is director of CMU's ICCHW, which will administer the grant funds for CMU. "We expect numerous community mental health partners to become involved in these efforts," Arnold said. "CMU is honored to coordinate and support our community in addressing a broad range of risk factors including isolation, stress, substance abuse, and relationship and financial issues."

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State enlists CMU faculty in COVID-19 early warning efforts

Michael J. Conway, associate professor for microbiology at CMU’s College of Medicine along with two additional CMU faculty are part of a statewide pilot project to search for signs of the COVID-19 virus in wastewater samples. “The hope is that we can get a really good footprint of what the virus is doing,” said Conway.

All statements or comments in The Bulletin are those of the writer, and not necessarily the opinion of the Saginaw County Medical Society.

CMU OCME END OF YEAR SURVEY

It’s almost the end the year (and what a year!) when we invite your feedback to take a short two minute survey to assist us in better meeting your continuing medical education needs in 2021. Please click this LINK to the Survey. In November 2019, no one could have predicted what occurred in 2020. All of our courses had to “go virtual” in a few days in March. Please let us know how we performed and whether we met your CME needs during this turbulent and unpredictable year. Your suggestions are welcome and invited.

We have two special CME presentations in January:

• Thursday, January 7, 12-1 p.m. - “Overview of

Neuropsychiatric Impairments & Management of Agitation in Dementia,” Asif Khan, MD, FAPA

• Friday, January 29, 12-1:15 p.m. – “The Increase of Opioid

Abuse and Overdose during the COVID-19 Pandemic,”

Judge Patrick Shannon and William Morrone, DO

Please check out our eLearning courses and podcasts at CMU CME ONLINE.

Wishing you safe and Happy Holidays. Joan C. Ford, CHCP, Administrator Melissa J. Morse, CME Program Specialist

Importance of Data Security in Healthcare

The Problem

Now-a-days as computers have become an essential part of our daily lives, it is increasingly important that data security is also placed front and center on our list of priorities. In the healthcare industry, where thoughts are often focused on saving someone’s life and rightly so, securing access to interfaces and computer systems that store private data like medical records is also an essential factor to consider. Data security is a corresponding action between controlling access to information while allowing free and easy access to those who need that information.

Given the sensitive nature of healthcare data, it is vital for providers to have a robust and reliable information security service in place. The strategies should not only react and protect healthcare data, but also predict and prevent any assaults launched by cyber criminals. In recent years, cyber criminals are more interested in electronic medical records (EMRs) as the black-market rate for this kind of information is much higher than credit card numbers or bank account passwords.

This trend might be surprising, but the reasons are quite obvious. Altogether, the data in the EMRs contains patient name, date of birth, address, phone number, place of work and position, ID, card numbers, and medical insurance. Stealing of such information can lead to a complete identity theft, rather than just a one-time bank hack.

Despite all the vulnerabilities healthcare data security encounters in the age of technology, there are ways to mitigate these risks. Similar to any other type of organization, medical facilities need data protection from dangers like targeted attacks and hacking, virus infiltration, employee actions committed due to illiteracy or with a purpose to steal medical records.

The Solution

CQ Simple understands the faster you can detect and respond to a cyberattack, the better. That is why we offer a solution to ensure you have a proactive security and risk mitigation strategy in place, whatever the size of your organization.

Over the last five years, CQ Simple’s sister company, CQ

Research, Development &

Technology, Inc. (CQRDT) has been aggressively working on a solution for the ever-increasing demand for a reliable, transparent and user-based security solution that proactively excels above all other available solutions to date.

Enter ARGOS UBS!

ARGOS UBS (User Based Security) is deployed as a transparent service; it is a simple solution requiring a simple redirect to the ARGOS servers. This makes it simple to set up and manage. ARGOS also allows you to monitor, control and protect your business and users against command and control (botnet) attacks, online threats, targeted attacks, hacking, virus infiltration, ransomware, malware, phishing, and other threats simply by applying our security policies. ARGOS is the only provider in the industry using security threat analysis powered by A.I. and machine learning. This allows us to keep our security threat data updated and pushed down to your networks in real time, so you are always protected from zeroday attacks and new vulnerabilities. ARGOS UBS is fully HIPAA compliant!

Flexible Policy Creation

Using ARGOS UBS, you can easily create and manage your own policy to protect your users, including whitelists and blacklists of URL’s and domains. ARGOS UBS offers a comprehensive ability to block domains based on content, as well as, any security threats that they pose. It also supports Safe Search options so that only appropriate content is displayed in search results. Content Categories are the fastest way to block large swaths of undesirable domains. For example, blocking the "Social Networking" category will block Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Reporting

Customers have access to a full suite of predefined reports on user or group activity. Real time browsing activity can also be viewed.

Roaming Devices

ARGOS is Perfect for BYOD environments where employees use multiple devices on and off site. ARGOS UBS offers you extensive web filtering to bring powerful enterprise filtering to all your users, regardless of their location.

Fantastic Support

CQRDT is extremely customer focused. We pride ourselves on being easy to work with. We invest heavily in creating products and services that excel above our competition. Our knowledgeable and technically competent support staff ensures you always get the answers you need when you need them.

Our Commitment to You

In pursuit of excellence, CQRDT focuses on customer opinion/feedback for all of our products. We strive to improve our existing product line and constantly invest in new and improved features. Please let us know if there is anything you feel would improve our products and services.

About

CQ Research, Development & Technology, Inc. is a research company that develops security hardware and software for business. Our on-premises and UBS products offer protection for business against the modern threats that businesses face from email and internet usage. Our goal is to simplify the intricate world of internet security for our customers. This goal has driven our business since our start in 1997, and today we have thousands of customers supported by a committed team of professionals who are focused on delivering the best products and services for companies who require solid security products for their business. CQ Research, Development & Technology, Inc. is privately owned with operations in the United States.

Contact Details

If you are interested in learning more about ARGOS UBS, please reach out to us by phone or email, and one of our experienced sales engineers will take time to fully answer any questions you may have.

CQ Research, Development & Technology, Inc. itsupport@cqsimple.com | Phone: (989) 492-7068

Questions? Further Information? Discussion?

Whether you are a group or an individual with questions, need support or guidance, I would be pleased to speak with you! Simply call me, David Tucker, at CQ Simple, LLC., 5103 Eastman Avenue, Midland, MI 48640. Phone: (989) 492-7068 or email: dtucker@cqsimple.com.

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Technical Writer

David Tucker has been involved in Information Technologies for over 35 years, much of that time has been devoted to the Healthcare Industry.