AHIMA Debuts Consumer PHR Guide
New Consumer Guide Increases Awareness About PHRs According to InformationWeek, only around 10% of patients use Personal Health Records (PHR). This is often simply because…
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IOM Discussion Paper Pushes for EHR Usability Comparisons
Transparency in EHR User Experiences The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a nonprofit organization providing unbiased and authoritative research and advice to both decision makers and the…
AHIMA 84th Annual Convention & Exhibit
Focus on HIM’s Global Transformation The American Health Information Management Association better known as AHIMA (a-he-ma), will put on its 84th Annual Convention next week…
ONC advancing Blue Button, CDS standards efforts
Automating the Blue Button to Exchange PHI Mary Mosquera Senior Editor, Government Health IT Developers in an ONC voluntary community are beginning to drill down into…
Taking a Turn with Stage 2 Final Rule
Podcasts for September MU Live! Programming The release of Stage 2 Final Rule in late August has made for a very, very busy September. Â Like…
Reducing the Risk of a Breach of PHI from Mobile Devices
Latest HHS Fine Hits The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary by Rick Kam, ID Experts The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and…
NIST Funds Five Pilot Projects to Promote Online Security
$9 million in Grants Awarded to Support “Identity Ecosytem” The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency that operates as…
Patient-centric HIEs Will Meet Demands of Baby Boomers
The Patients Are Coming! The Patients Are Coming! Beyond Electronic Health Records The CDC recently reported that 55% of physicians are now using EHRs, and…
Behavioral Health Clinical Quality Measures Initiatives
ONC and SAMHSA to Host Joint Webinar The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health…