The Power Struggle in HIE
Physicians Must Have a Seat at the HIE-Table Carolyn Hartley, President, CEO, Physicians EHR Weeks after this story about hospitals and doctors competing for patient charts…
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OCR Releases Guide for De-Identifying Patient Health Information
Recommends Two Methods for De-Identifying PHI The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and oversees health information…
ONC Reports e-Prescribing (eRX) On the Rise
Increase in percent of physicians e-prescribing tied to EHR adoption Yesterday the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) released a report tracking the increase of e-prescribing…
Electronic Health Records vs. Patient Privacy: Who Will Win?
Patient privacy being challenged as patient records are digitized by Rick Kam, ID Experts Does your dermatologist need access to your reproductive health history? Can…
Upcoming ONC Meetings, Events and EHR Incentive Deadlines
HIT Committee Meetings, EHR Incentive Deadlines, Stage 3 Meaningful Use Catch up with the ONC and take note of these important dates and events. November…
Health Care System To Benefit From Recent HIE Progress
By Brian Ahier, writing for iHealthBeat.org The stars seem to be aligned for rapid progress in health information exchange. We are fast approaching a point in…
ONC Releases Beta Version of Cypress Tool
Cypress Tool Reaches Latest Milestone In October CMS released specifications for the 2014 eCQMs finalized in Stage 2 Meaningful Use of the EHR incentive program. As part of…
New Report Looks at Impact of Telehealth
Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a nonprofit organization providing unbiased and authoritative research and advice to both decision makers…
OIG 2012 Report Lists Top 10 Challenges Facing HHS
EHR Incentives Abuse and Health IT Security Ongoing Challenges Established in 1976, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) fights…