Posts in Electronic Health Records.
As I previously reported in my June 17, 2009 post, the Meaningful Use Workgroup of the Office of National Coordinator’s HIT Policy Committee presented its initial draft of “meaningful use” at the Committee’s June 16, 2009 HIT Policy Committee meeting. The complete Meaningful Use Matrix setting out the objectives and measures for 2011 ...
The FTC's Identity Theft Red Flags Rule: Catching the uninsured in the act of medical services theft
Article Summary: The Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule for identity theft applies to most health care providers according to the FTC's current guidance. The FTC makes a clear attempt under the Rule to regulate medical identity theft, as opposed to credit identity theft. The result is that the FTC will have regulatory authority in an ...
On May 29, 2009, the Certification Commission for Healthcare Technology (CCHIT) released its recently developed criteria, test scripts, and the "Concise Guide to CCHIT Criteria" outlining the characteristics of a qualified electronic health record (EHR). This criteria relates to ambulatory, inpatient, enterprise, and emergency room ...