William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor When I entered the field of informatics in the 1980s, a great deal of the research…
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EHR System Technical Functionality vs. Usability COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu The adoption of EHR systems has led…
HIPAA Omnibus Effective Today The final HIPAA Omnibus rule enhances a patient’s privacy protections, provides individuals new rights to their personal health information, and strengthens…
EHR Meets MDDS COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu With the exception of imaging and lab results, the EHR…
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The term Personal Health Record, or PHR, has taken on different meanings, depending on who is talking. Mostly, it refers…
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Although the physician subspecialty certification has received the lion’s share of the attention when it comes…
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…
Meaningful 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…