Privacy
House Approves Bill to Prevent Genetic Discrimination
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, following the Senate. The bill was passed one day before National DNA Day. Only one member of the House, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), voted against the Act. more... May 7, 2008 Related topics: Legal & legislative, Privacy
HIEs Growing Nationwide
A new report issued by the State-Level HIE Consensus Project notes that almost seventy-five percent of states across the U.S. are developing some iteration of a health information exchange (HIE). The report, separated into two sections, further describes factors related to the sustainability of state-level HIEs (pdf), as well as governance for such. This work was prepared for the Department of Health and Human Services by the Foundation of Research and Education of American Health Information Management Association. more... May 6, 2008 Related topics: Privacy, Trends, Partnerships & Consortia
NPI Deadline Extended
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is allowing (pdf) provider organizations and health plans a 12...
Portability Standards for PHRs Under Development
A recent collaboration formed by America’s Health Insurance Plans, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, and Health...
RFID Tracks Medical Record Access
The Englewood Hospital and Medical Center (EHMC) is employing RFID technology as a means to control access to...
New Technology Blog: Harvard CIO
The Chief Information Office at the Harvard School of Medicine and Dean of Technology of the Harvard School...
AMA Comments on Implications of RFID
The American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affiars recently published a report (doc) “Radio Frequency ID Devices...
Medicare Offers Health Tracking
On June 20th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled an initiative to support patient involvement...
Electronic Health Record Expansion
Humana and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida launched a new electronic health record. The Availity Care...
HIPAA Enforcement Designated to OCR
Further strengthening the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the...
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