DoD, VA Recommit to Joint EHR System
DoD, VA reiterate commitment to iEHR — again Tom Sullivan Editor at Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor After a morning of Congressional tongue-lashings Wednesday during a House…
Read MoreDoD, VA reiterate commitment to iEHR — again Tom Sullivan Editor at Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor After a morning of Congressional tongue-lashings Wednesday during a House…
Read MoreMeaningful Use vs meaningful use COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu As readers of HITECH Answers know, Meaningful Use (MU)…
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Several email lists I am on were abuzz last week about the publication of a paper…
HIPAA Security Rule Can No Longer Be Ignored By Mike Semel, Semel Consulting Health care organizations that have ignored the HIPAA Security Rule; businesses that…
Paperwork in an EHR-enabled medical office Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems come with the vision of eliminating paper in a…
You aren’t alone in protecting patient data Electronic data has created the opportunity to lose thousands of patient records in just a few seconds. Enforcement…
Make interoperability the priority In recommendations on stage 3 meaningful use, the Office of the National Coordinator’s Health IT Standards Committee is urging ONC leaders…
Data Encryption Saves Millions in HIPAA Breach Penalties Mike Semel, HIT Security Every time there is a HIPAA data breach penalty for a lost laptop or hard…
Implementing the Learning Healthcare System Can Be Facilitated Using the Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The enthusiasm…