The Road to Big Data Passes Through Informatics
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I have written a number of postings over the last year about various aspects of electronic health…
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The Myth of EHR Data Validation
William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Various EHRs require a user to “validate” some elements of information (data) before they…
HIPAA Data Breach: Protect your data storage devices, backups, and train your staff
Don’t Join the HIPAA Data Breach ‘Wall of Shame’ Mike Semel Semel Consulting In compliance with the HIPAA Data Breach Notification Rule, more than 570 HIPAA data breaches…
Analysis of Latest Meaningful Use Attestation Numbers
Trends in EHR Vendor Strength Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD On April 2nd, 2013, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made available…
Biomedical and Health Informatics vs. Data Science, mHealth – New Disciplines or New Terminology?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor When I entered the field of informatics in the 1980s, a great deal of the research…
Making the Distinction Between EHR System Functionality and Usability
EHR System Technical Functionality vs. Usability COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu The adoption of EHR systems has led…
HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Goes Into Effect
HIPAA Omnibus Effective Today The final HIPAA Omnibus rule enhances a patient’s privacy protections, provides individuals new rights to their personal health information, and strengthens…
Limitations of Medical Device Data Systems as a Feeder of an EHR
EHR Meets MDDS COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu With the exception of imaging and lab results, the EHR…
The riddle of adoption of consumer PHRs
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The term Personal Health Record, or PHR, has taken on different meanings, depending on who is talking. Mostly, it refers…