Data Segmentation for Privacy Initiative Sunsetting
DS4P Initiative Successfully Sunsetting May 2 The following is communication from ONC. The Data Segmentation for Privacy (DS4P) Initiative is coming to a close. This…
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Twitter #HIE Hashtag Highlights
Following #HIE This Week There is a lot of great reading out there on health information exchange. Hanging out on Twitter this week in the…
HIMSS EHR Association News
Working Together  to Accelerate Health IT The EHR Association is an independent trade group within the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). From its…
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – April
Top Guest Posts of the Month One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The…
Tech-Driven Enrollment Tools Allow Clinics To Meet Bottom Line
By Enrolling in Medicaid Year Round By Everett Lebherz, Vice President of PointCare Twitter: @point_care Approximately 4.5 million people signed-up for Medicaid in time for…
Hospitals and Social Media
Are You Engaging the Right Audience? By Jonathan Catley, Online Sales & Marketing Manager, MD Connect Twitter: @MDConnectInc Twitter: @JonathanCatley Many hospitals are using social media…
EHR vs EMR…Again
Actual Electronic Information Exchange Needs to Become Routine Dr. William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this…
A Robust Health Data Infrastructure
A Report by JASON By Dr. Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc – National Coordinator, ONC On April 16th HHS posted a report by JASON, an…
Stolen Laptops Lead to Important HIPAA Settlements
News from HHS HHS Press Release Two entities have paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $1,975,220 collectively to…