by Margaret Young Levi and Roz Cordini
Amidst concerns that physicians and other providers are slow to adopt electronic health record (EHR) systems and be "meaningful users" of health information technology, just before the New Year, the federal government extended two programs that permit hospitals and other health care providers as well ...
by Dan Soldato
Data breaches, particularly of consumer information and other private information, are becoming an increasing public concern and a headline in the daily news. We regularly hear about incidents in which electronically stored customer information is lost by or stolen from businesses, including health care companies ...
The Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program was implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health Act of 2009 (HITECH). This Program provides incentive payments to Eligible Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals and Eligible ...
Welcome to our newest contributing author, Elizabeth O'Keeffe, who prepared the following post
E-health, e-patients, social media, telehealth, telemedicine, mobile health care – what does it all mean to you as a patient? As an employee? As a CEO? “Telehealth” is booming and could substantially disrupt the old-fashioned health care ...
Those who dwell in the world of health care privacy and security know well that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the federal agency that issues the regulations, provides guidance and ultimately enforces the complex requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ...