Posts from August 2009.
On August 17, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its final rule requiring vendors of "personal health records" to notify consumers when the security of their electronic health information is breached. On August 19, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its interim final rule requiring health care ...
On August 14, 2009, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed an Executive Order creating Kentucky's Office of Electronic Health Information. This new Office will be the conduit for development of health information exchanges and the stimulus grants available to states under the HITECH Act. The Secretary of Kentucky's Cabinet for Health ...