Part 2
Money talks.
In other words, offering financial incentives is one way to effect behavior change. It seems to have worked in getting providers to adopt and use health
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Health Information Technology in NJ – Where Are We Now?
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When I need to travel from the southern part of NJ to northern NJ, I often rely on my car or phone GPS and the relative ease and simplicity of…
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HHS Releases Excellent Compendium of Privacy and Security Resources
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) released today a compendium of reports on state law, business practices, and policy variations to assist health information exchange efforts. I reviewed some of the…
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Moving Info through NHIN is “In” for 2009
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The National Health Information Network (NHIN) may get information moving as early as the first quarter of 2009. In its December 16th Press Release, the Social Security Administration (SSA) indicates that it…
Feds Post New Guidance Document
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published a new HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance as part of its "Privacy and Security Toolkit" (the "Toolkit") developed in…
Microsoft Is Connecting the Government Too
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On June 12, 2008 at the Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition in Washington D.C., Microsoft released version 2 of its Connected Health and Human Services Framework, which it touted as…
Defining Health IT Alphabet Soup
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The National Alliance for Health Information Technology released its final Report to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (aka "ONC") today which, among other things, provides consensus…
NJ Governor Corzine Appoints Oscislawski to HIT Commission
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On May 13th, the Office of the Governor announced several direct appointments to the New Jersey Health Information Technology (NJ-HIT) Commission, and I am extremely pleased to pass along that I have been appointed to…
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RHIO Tech Talk – NY RHIO Selects IT Vendor
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Axolotl Corp. of San Jose, California, has been chosen to implement the Interboro Regional Health Information Exchange in order to facilitate data exchange among providers in the Queens area of New…
Reports Find Security & Privacy Variations in State Health Data Exchanges
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a series of reports funded by AHRQ and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT which examine the variations…
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