By Andy Slavitt – I love working with Karen De Salvo. She can talk in half sentences and I can finish them. We’ve naturally been working together for months on some of the initiatives we’re talking about here, and always check in to compare facts, see if we’re seeing the same thing.
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By Lucia Savage & Aja Brooks – Welcome to the fourth and final blog post in our series on how HIPAA supports interoperability. In the previous installments, we provided practical examples and illustrations that show how Health Care Operations Permitted Uses and Disclosures apply to covered entities.
By Kerri Knippenberg – Millennials between the ages of 18 and 24 have been changing the norms as consumers. Nearly all business sectors have been affected by millennials because they are not sticking to traditional consumer trends. Below I highlighted 5 ways in which millennials are changing the world of healthcare:
CMS has published frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the public health reporting objective for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. Read the questions and answers.
The AMA pledged to work with HHS to improve the flow of electronic health information to patients and physicians to increase data sharing that will achieve healthier people and smarter spending.
CMS is extending the application deadline for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program hardship exception process that reduces burden on clinicians, hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs). The new deadline for Eligible Professionals, Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals is July 1, 2016.
Health information technology developers that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by U.S. hospitals and five largest healthcare systems agree to implement three commitments to improve the flow of health information
By Sara Rosenbaum – It’s fair to say Flint, Michigan, is facing a public health catastrophe: Thousands of city residents, including as many as 9,000 children, may have been exposed to toxic levels of lead through contaminated water. While the problem was entirely preventable, the question now is what will be done for its victims.
By Richard Kronick PhD – After two and one-half stimulating, exciting, and fun years at AHRQ, I will soon be leaving the Agency to return to the University of California, San Diego. I am sad to leave, but very proud of what we have accomplished together.