By Kayla Matthews – Health professionals typically know many federal guidelines instruct how to handle patient health records. However, they may not understand whether such guidelines differ from state to state.
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By William L. Rich III – Knowledge is power, and there’s a treasure trove of incredibly powerful information that can be unlocked by sharing data from electronic health records.
How healthy was the Father of Our Country? That was the question asked by Amazing Charts when it constructed a fictional Electronic Health Record (EHR) for President George Washington at the age of 57, ten years before his death.
HHS and ONC submitted the annual report to Congress on progress on the HITECH Act including health IT adoption, health information exchange and use of electronic health information to advance better care and better health. This report highlights progress and accomplishments.
It Takes Two to Tango By Vaishali Patel, Ph.D., M.P.H./ Senior Advisor, and Erin Siminerio, M.P.H./Senior Advisor As the saying goes, it takes two to…
Security of Electronic Health Records I’ve been thinking lately about the security and privacy issues around patient information stored in electronic health records. No doubt…
New Survey Reveals Doctors Believe Patients Should Update Electronic Health Records A new Accenture survey shows that most U.S. doctors surveyed (82 percent) want patients to actively participate…
OIG Study Shows EHR Use in Medicare Physicians Each cabinet department and independent agency of the federal government has an Office of the Inspector General…
Google Announces End of Google Health Product I got my email recently to remind me about my Google Health account. Last June, Google announced they…