In some respects, HIPAA has had a design problem from its inception. HIPAA is well known today as the federal law that requires protection of individually identifiable health information
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Expert Interview with William Maruca About Protecting Medical Records
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Our partner Bill Maruca, who is the Editor and a frequent contributor to this blog, was recently interviewed by PracticeSuite as part of their Expert Interview program. In the …
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Health Information Technology in NJ – Where Are We Now?
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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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Complex New Healthcare Relationships Create New Challenges in Electronic Health Records
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My partner Elizabeth G. Litten and I were interviewed by Marla Durben Hirsch in the FierceEMR article “Healthcare Attorneys: New Business Relationships Will Create New EHR Problems.” It is always…
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Patients’ “Meaningful Use” of Electronic Health Information Proposed as Core Measure for Provider Incentive Payments from Feds
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Two new provisions in the Stage 2 “meaningful use” criteria measure the meaningful use required for provider incentive payments based not simply on the providers’ use of EHR, but on their patients’ use of it.
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Personal Information Data Breaches – Not If, but When?
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In light of the widely publicized pre-Christmas hacking breach of confidential data held by Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company specializing in data security, and the earlier TRICARE/SAIC breach, can we trust that any electronically transmitted or stored information is really safe?
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MGMA Study Reports Most Physicians Are Satisfied With Their EHR Systems
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A study conducted by MGMA indicates most doctors surveyed who have implemented electronic record systems are satisfied or very satisfied, and many report increased productivity and reduced costs as those systems …
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The Ever-Lengthening Parade of PHI Security Breaches – The New Paper Chase of Four Massachusetts Community Hospitals
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This blog has been reporting on the effects on providers, insurers and others of the HIPAA/HITECH statutes and regulations that require public disclosure of breaches of unsecured Protected…
Pennsylvania “QUICKSTEPS” Program to apply $10 Million in Federal Funds Toward Promotion of Pediatric EHR
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Pennsylvania, get ready for another acronym: "QUICKSTEPS" (Quality Improvement and Care for Kids through Electronic Programs). This is the state’s new five-year pediatric EMR initiative, funded by the U.S. …