Meghan Hufstader Gabriel, PhD
Articles by Meghan Hufstader Gabriel, PhD

To Report or Not Report Health Care Data Breaches
ByAmanda Walden, PhD, RHIA, CHDA,Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD,Meghan Hufstader Gabriel, PhD,Alice Noblin, PhD, RHIA, CCS, PMP This study presents information regarding the decisions that health care privacy officers make about reporting a data breach, including factors that can affect the decision process, such as personal/organizational knowledge, prior breach status, and framed scenarios.

Amazing Grace: A Free Clinic's Transformation to the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model
ByJason Alexander, BS, PCMH CCE,Jordon Schagrin, MHCI, PCMH CCE,Scott Langdon, BA,Meghan Hufstader Gabriel, PhD,Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD,Kourtney Nieves, PhD,Lauren Thawley, MSHSA,Vincent Pereira, MHA, PCMH CCE Despite many barriers, Grace Medical Home, a free clinic, achieved patient-centered medical home recognition in October 2014 through a focused team-based approach.

Data Breach Locations, Types, and Associated Characteristics Among US Hospitals
ByMeghan Hufstader Gabriel, PhD,Alice Noblin, PhD, RHIA, CCS,Ashley Rutherford, PhD, MPH,Amanda Walden, MSHSA, RHIA, CHDA,Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD Despite the high level of hospital adoption of electronic health records and the federal incentives to do so, the most common type of data breach in hospitals occurred with paper records and films.

We present the first reported national trends in the adoption of electronic prescription of controlled substances, from July 2012 to December 2013. The results show that the uptake rates of this newly allowed process are steadily increasing.