ONC Celebrates National Health IT Week
ONC Events this Week The 8th Annual National Health IT Week this year will be September 16–20, 2013. The week raises awareness of Health Information Technology’s…
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New Research Reveals Medical Identity Theft is Up
Affects 1.84 Million U.S. Victims Medical identity theft is a national healthcare issue with life-threatening and hefty financial consequences. According to the 2013 Survey on…
ONC Releases Model Notices of Privacy Practices
Gives Providers Three Options for Privacy Notices The following communication is from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Today, ONC and the…
Getting More Health Out of Health IT
COMMENTARY by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn Twitter: @healthpopuli How can we get more health out of health IT? Getting more patients involved in their own health will…
When is a Lawyer or Accountant a HIPAA Business Associate?
HIPAA Business Associate Role is Based on Services By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting The question about a lawyer or an accountant being a HIPAA Business…
AHIMA Calls for Set of National Guidelines for Visit Code Reporting
Comments on CMS’ Proposed Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs Implementation of national guidelines for reporting hospital outpatient clinic visits would lead to standardized and…
Patient Portals and EHRs: Generating Reports
Ask Joy: This Week – Patient Electronic Access Measures Some of the details of Meaningful Use Stage 2 are proving to be quite tricky. This week…
An EHR Workflow Analogy
Is Your Workflow Just a Product of Your EHR? COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by…
AMA Offers Physicians Help Complying with Revised HIPAA Regulations
Provides Documents for Updating Existing HIPAA Policies The American Medical Association (AMA) announced it is offering a new toolkit to help physicians navigate the sweeping…