By Matt Fisher – On January 6, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services officially published a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify and update the HIPAA Security Rule. The timing of the proposed rule leaves any sort of immediate action with a lot of uncertainty (changing administrations bring changing priorities and delays).
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By Harshit Jain MD – Pharmaceutical marketing through point-of-care (POC) messaging. has many benefits, including enhanced compliance through improved script conversion, and ultimately reduced hospitalization through the promotion of value-based-care.
By Lance Reid – I’ve spent years in the trenches of IT security, and I’m here to tell you that a multi-layered security approach and some practical strategies can make a world of difference. Here are four essential ways to bolster your defenses.
From the Health IT Buzz Blog – Health information exchange organizations (HIOs) are networks that enable the electronic exchange of health information across participating health care providers, public health agencies, payers, and other entities.
By Courtney Breece – The Medicare landscape is poised for significant changes with the release of proposed rules from the CMS in November, set to impact contract year 2026, aimimg to reshape key elements of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Programs, and other Medicare services.
By Amy Maxmen – Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack.
By Cindy Jordan – With the help of technology, health plans now have a plethora of ways to interact with their members outside of the traditional in-person doctors’ visits – whether it’s through text messages, apps, e-mail, or web-based platforms.
By William Hersh MD – It has been my practice in this blog in my last post of each year to reflect back on the year. Not so much to review everything that happened, but rather to give some general thoughts about what the field, my work in it, and this blog have accomplished and where things are going.
By Avinash Shanbhag – In this post we outline specific compliance areas associated with API registration that require developers’ attention to support an API user’s ability to utilize a third-party application to access EHI without special effort.