By Art Gross – In 2019, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced an initiative that they would make it a priority to enforce an individual’s right to access their health records in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. This falls under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Read More
By Emad Rizk MD – COVID-19 exposed many weaknesses in our healthcare system and exacerbated fraud, waste and abuse. As the federal government waived restrictions around various reimbursements for Medicare patients as well as encouraged plans to be more…
By William Hersh MD – I am pleased to announce the publication of the 4th edition of my book, Information Retrieval: A Biomedical & Health Perspective. Published by Springer, the book updates the content, methods, results, and research in the use of search systems for knowledge-based biomedical and health information.
Week 2: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, follow the conversation and do your part #BeCyberSmart. Follow us this month as we engage our health IT community in cybersecurity awareness and check out these experts discuss Week 2 theme, securing devices at home and work.
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Dr. Jake Reder, PhD the CEO of CeldaraMedical – an innovation incubator and accelerator focused on transforming academic innovations into medicines that cure the world’s most challenging diseases.
By Pamela J. Gallagher – In 2019, emergency departments across the U.S. saw an average of 2.1 million patients per week, according to the CDC. Over the past several decades, healthcare organizations have invested large amounts of money, time, and effort to study the trend of…
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of September that we think deserve sharing again.
By Arun Natarajan – Health information technology can play an important role in helping to achieve the aims of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the passage of the ADA – a major milestone in our Nation’s history that has helped increase access and opportunity for individuals with disabilities.
By John N. Kastanis – We are still a long way off from living in a true post-COVID-19 era. Only when we are equipped with the knowledge and resources needed to deal with new types of SARS viruses, including effective new treatments and vaccines, will we truly move forward.