HIPAA final rule goes back to the drawing board
August 24, 2009, HHS issued the Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information; Interim Final Rule. The rule requires certain health care facilities to notify…
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Friday at Five – 7/23/10
Join us every Friday at Five for our weekly top 5 favorites in the world of HIT and HITECH. This week we are highlighting five…
Recovery Room 7/22/10
While all are attention has been on the final rule release, the world has continued to go on. Here are a few things that you…
Healthcare.gov
On March 23, 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law. One of the provisions in the law was a mandate…
Friday at Five – 7/9/10
Join us every Friday at Five for our weekly top 5 favorites in the world of HIT and HITECH. This week we pick five newsletters…
HIPAA proposed modifications released
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996…
Checking up on our 3 wise men
Back in December we introduced you to the 3 most influential technology guys our government has ever seen. They were picked to bring us into the 21st…
HITECH Grants are Awarded
This month HHS awarded almost $1 billion centering around three different grant areas with money coming from the ARRA. The HITECH Act mandated initiatives to…
The Government is Serious: Breach Notifications will be posted
The following guest post is provided by Alex Zaltsman, CEO of Experior Data Security and Encryption and contributing expert to HITECH Answers. For more information, visit…