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…
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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…
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. Like…
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…
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…
HIEs and Health IT Offer Solutions to Handle Aging Population
The Patients Are Coming! The Patients Are Coming! Only HIE Can Handle the Silver Surge At the risk of spilling yet more ink over one…
HIEs Are Not Just for EHRs Anymore
Connecting HIEs with a “Universal” PHR Robert Rowley, MD, Healthcare and health IT consultant, practicing family physician Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are hubs where different…
Interoperable Health Solutions to Empower Consumers
Tune in to Voice of the Doctor, Fridays at 2:30 Eastern Tune in to Voice of the Doctor with host Dr. Nick van Terheyden every…
Track Public Health Concerns on Twitter
Tracking Disease Trends, 140 characters at a time The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced last week a new…