The Government is Serious: Breach Notifications will be posted
The following guest post is provided by Alex Zaltsman, CEO of Experior Data Security and Encryption and contributing expert to HITECH Answers. For more information, visit…
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CMS NPRM Overview
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). It has taken the recommendations from the HIT Policy…
CCHIT Releases New Test Scripts
The following guest post is provided by Jim Tate, President of EMR Advocate and a contributing expert for HITECH Answers. CCHIT has released their updated Certification…
The Quest for EHR Adoption
Today the public is commenting on the ONC Interim Final Rule and the CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The IFR issues rules for an initial…
Recovery Room 2/7/09
Comments on both the ONC IFR and the CMS NPRM are starting to come in. For the most part, the NPRM comments have been from individuals…
January HIT Meetings
The HIT Policy Committee and its workgroups met this month. The Meaningful Use (MU) workgroup met twice, the NHIN, Planning, Privacy, and HIE met once….
Ready or Not Electronic Health Records are Coming
The following guest post is provided by Dr. Nick van Terheyden, a contributing expert for HITECH Answers and Chief Medical Officer for M*Modal. The games…
Keeping up with MU
The official rules covering meaningful use were published in the Federal Registry on January 13. The two rules cover meaningful use of EHR as mandated…
Privacy & Security in Meaningful Use rule
The following guest post is provided by Alex Zaltsman, CEO of Experior Data Security and Encryption Analysis of Privacy & Security in Meaningful Use rule…