Lahey Hospital and Medical Center settles with the feds in a HIPAA case that reinforces lessons for users of medical devices. Read how a stolen
ProPublicia points to the exceptions to patient privacy regulations, and one women’s experience in checking her own paternity test results — and seeing results for
AHIMA survey results on errors in matching patients to their electronic health records: Read the key findings The Director of Infomatics at the University of
This is the full text Medicare’s Andy Slavitt, speaking in San Francisco about an overall of Meaningful Use criteria. Read more about the future of
As the title suggests, this report from the federal office in charge of healthcare technology discusses the need for quality data collection and analysis. View
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This article in Healthcare IT News addresses the varying definitions of population health. Read more about population health, which is still an elusive concept. Join
Politico tells the story of gag clauses in contracts between EHR companies and healthcare providers: Read what we don’t know about HIPAA security issues within
Here are Stage 2 requirements for Meaninful Use requirements under HIPAA, prior to the changes announced in October 2015. Page 1 includes a definition of
Read Medicare’s overview of changes in reporting on meaningful use of electronic records, according to rules announced in October 2015: See changes in Modified Stage
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