HIPAA Security Standards — Missing the Boat…?
HIPAA Security Rule Feisal Nanji Executive Director, Techumen LLC. feisal@techumen.com. The HITECH act of Feb 2009 and subsequently the Health Care Reform act of 2010…
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President’s council calls on ONC
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is an advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers, appointed by the President…
Friday at Five – 12/10/10
. Join us every Friday at Five for our weekly top 5 favorites in the world of HIT and HITECH. This week we want you…
Calling Dr. Blumenthal
Dr. David Blumenthal is well known to our circle. He was appointed in May 2009 to be the second National Coordinator for Health Information Technology…
Selection and Negotiation of EHR Contracts
William O’Toole O’Toole Law Group wfo@otoolelawgroup.com . Selection and Negotiation of EHR Contracts . The HITECH Act of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of…
Monitoring meaningful use progress
Bob Tumanic, Managing Partner C3 Partners Bob.Tumanic@C3Partners.Biz… . Meaningful Use Monitor (MUM) and HITECH Act compliance The CMS EHR incentives program starts in 2011. The…
REC Update – East South Central
Update on Regional Extension Centers – RECs The 62 Regional Extension Centers are located in 9 regional areas. This post is checking in on the…
Data Centers Play a Role in EHR
Dave Goerke Dave Goerke & Associates (DGA) dgoerke@davegoerke.com . In an EHR world, data centers becoming more crucial . As the brain centers of hospitals…
Cloud Computing and Meaningful Use
Cloud Computing and Achieving Meaningful Use William “Buddy” Gillespie VP & CTO of WellSpan Health wgillespie@wellspan.org The race is on for healthcare providers to achieve…