Monitoring Legal Developments Relating to the Privacy and Security of Health Information
Using Google Health, a free personal health record tool, requires patients to be proactive both in terms of creating their electronic health record (EHR) and in checking the accuracy of …
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Phase I of CMS’s EHR Demonstration project began September 1, 2008. Physicians selected by CMS to participate in this EHR demo project will be eligible to receive incentives totaling up to…
Continue Reading EHR Demo Applications Due November 26, 2008
At the end of June, Investor’s Business Daily reported that Google, Microsoft, Aetna, Blue Cross/ and 27 other private organizations "agreed on" ground rules for protecting the privacy of the sensitive information" c
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On Thursday, July 17, 2008, National Constitution Center Conferences is offering a 60-minute Live Audio Conference called “Electronic Health Records: Keys To Compliance” during which I will discuss many |
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Continue Reading LIVE Audio Conference – Keys to Compliance with EHRs
In a June 10 HHS News Release, Secretary Mike Leavitt named the 12 communities that will participate in a 5-year national Medicare demonstration project that provides incentive payments to physicians for…
In its May 28th Advisory Opinion, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found that a hospital system’s proposal to pay for customized software to facilitate communication between its electronic health record…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in a Press Release dated May 7, 2008 its new pilot test project in South Carolina that will use an on-line…
On October 30, 2007, Secretary Mike Leavitt of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on HHS.gov a five-year demonstration project that will encourage small to medium-sized physician practices to…
Yesterday, the New York Times reported that Microsoft Corp. launched "HealthVault," a website designed to allow patients to store and manage their medical and health information, and which is described by Microsoft as "part…
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Concerns continue to mount regarding the recent IRS memorandum declaring that nonprofit hospitals can share their e-health record software and support with physicians without losing their tax-exempt status. A recent…
