By Lisa Eramo – In the coming months, physician practices may find themselves thrust into the HIPAA spotlight thanks to an Office for Civil Rights’ email announcement in August that it would soon target data breaches affecting fewer than 500 individuals.
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By Kristie Mitchell – Do you want to minimize disruption in your data migration cutover? Thorough planning is key. Considerations? Since not every cutover is identical, it is important to personalize each one to the unique characteristics of the organization.
By William Hyman – The current version of the 21st Century Cures Act, which has been around in various forms since 2014, passed the House on November 25th and passage in the Senate is expected.
By Jim Tate – The move toward an interoperable electronic health care data system has been stimulated by a system of incentives, penalties and pay adjustments for providers.
By Chris Apgar – The Office of Civil Rights is in the midst of the latest round of HIPAA audits. If your organization is a business associate (BA) or a covered entity (CE) and it’s not already prepared, you have a challenge facing you.
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
By Lisa Eramo – EHRs were a hot topic at the annual AHIMA’s conference. Sessions addressed ways health information management professionals working in physician practices and hospitals can help mitigate risk, engage patients, and develop best practices.
By John Halamka MD – I recently participated in a nationwide (not the United States) healthcare IT planning effort and one recommendation was universal availability of patient portals. Several reviewers commented that patient portal is a loaded term.
By Andy Bindman MD – The concept of using evidence to improve the quality and value of health care is not new. But evolving features of the U.S. health care system make the potential of a continuously learning health system now more achievable than ever.