By Kathryn Marchesini & Michael Lipinski – ONC’s information blocking regulations apply to interferences with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (EHI) (45 CFR Part 171) and define certain exceptions to the definition of information blocking. Thus, it’s important that those subject to the information blocking regulations –
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The eHealth Exchange, one of the nation’s largest health information networks connecting federal agencies and providers, announced the launch of the eHealth Exchange Innovation Grant. The program seeks to award as much as $550,000 in grants and other incentives to organizations pursuing innovative ways…
The American Health Information Management Association, the American Medical Informatics Association, and the Electronic Health Record Association announced the release of a preliminary report that examines key issues related to the operationalization of the definitions of electronic health information and designated record set.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT issued a proposed rule to support seamless and secure access to, exchange of, and use of electronic health information (EHI).
By Ed Jones III, Author and President of HIPAA, LLC. Twitter: @HIPAAsafeguards This year, 2014, marks the end of the Decade of Health Information Technology, initiated…
Position Open at eHealth Initiative: Senior Director of HIT Stakeholder Outreach Looking to spread your wings? eHealth Initiative (eHI), a membership organization dedicated to improving…