The Electronic Health Record Association recognized eight EHR developer companies for their move to the new version of the EHR Developer Code of Conduct during meetings at HIMSS17 in Orlando, FL, February 19-24.
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By Gene Fry – For HIPAA covered entities and their business associates, keeping health data protected should be a top priority. Failing to do so can have disastrous consequences, not only by way of the civil and criminal penalties dealt out for breaching HIPAA’s rules.
By Jon Melling – The rising complexity of healthcare, particularly as it relates to providers’ growing technical needs, is increasingly prompting healthcare organizations to seek the help of outside consultants.
By Arman Sadeghi – With so much of the data controlled by doctors and hospitals on electronic devices, including mobile devices, desktop computers, servers, and in the cloud, the security of that data is quickly becoming the most important aspect of HIPAA (not HIPPA) compliance.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of February.
By Robert Freedman – As healthcare organizations have reached near universal adoption of EHR and practice management systems, the amount of available billing and claims data has grown exponentially. This data has the potential to offer insight.
CMS extends the submission deadline for 2016 Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) data submission for the EHR reporting mechanism of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program.
By John Halamka MD – At HIMSS, I listened carefully to payers, providers, patients, developers, and researchers. Below is a distillation of what I heard from thousands of stakeholders.
By Tom Saine – Headlines about hospital data breaches that expose thousands of medical records appear with alarming frequency. Yet even one breach can be devastating.