Getting More Health Out of Health IT
COMMENTARY by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn Twitter: @healthpopuli How can we get more health out of health IT? Getting more patients involved in their own health will…
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When is a Lawyer or Accountant a HIPAA Business Associate?
HIPAA Business Associate Role is Based on Services By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting The question about a lawyer or an accountant being a HIPAA Business…
AHIMA Calls for Set of National Guidelines for Visit Code Reporting
Comments on CMS’ Proposed Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs Implementation of national guidelines for reporting hospital outpatient clinic visits would lead to standardized and…
Patient Portals and EHRs: Generating Reports
Ask Joy: This Week –Â Patient Electronic Access Measures Some of the details of Meaningful Use Stage 2 are proving to be quite tricky. This week…
An EHR Workflow Analogy
Is Your Workflow Just a Product of Your EHR? COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by…
AMA Offers Physicians Help Complying with Revised HIPAA Regulations
Provides Documents for Updating Existing HIPAA Policies The American Medical Association (AMA) announced it is offering a new toolkit to help physicians navigate the sweeping…
Electronic Health Records Linked to Improved Care for Patients With Diabetes
Study part of Kaiser Permanente’s ongoing work to better understand how EHRs affect clinical care The use of electronic health records in clinical settings was…
Deloitte Releases Updated Omnibus Final Rule Brief Ahead of Sept. 23 Deadline
Omnibus Final Rule and Stakeholder Considerations The HIPAA Omnibus final rule enhances a patient’s privacy protections, provides individuals new rights to their personal health information,…
Is Meaningful Use Stifling Innovation in Health IT?
COMMENTARY Keith Boone, Healthcare Standards Twitter @Motorcycle_Guy I write this post after reading Margalit Gur-Arie’s excellent post on Alternative Health IT. Â She’s one of those…