A 10-Year Vision to Achieve an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure
This 13-page open letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services addresses a 10-year vision and the dual goal of inter-operable technology for
This 13-page open letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services addresses a 10-year vision and the dual goal of inter-operable technology for
We love that headline from the Health Care Blog. The Health Care Blog republished an op-ed piece that first appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal
This is just the start of our Patient Education offerings. Tell us what you’d like, and we will do our best to accommodate all requests.
By Diane Evans, Publisher, MyHIPAA Guide – Nov. 10, 2015 Through Dec. 15, federal regulators will accept public comments on the next set of rules

Fallout of Drug Company Bust: 64-year-old Doctor Faces Charges, Whistleblowers share $22.9 million By Diane Evans, Publisher, MyHIPAA Guide – Nov. 6, 2015 The story

Fallout of Drug Company Bust: 64-year-old Doctor Faces Charges, Whistleblowers share $22.9 million By Diane Evans, Publisher, MyHIPAA Guide – Nov. 6, 2015 The story


AKRON, Ohio – November 3, 2015 — For the first time, a low-cost, online service, at www.MyHIPAAGuide.com, gives healthcare providers direct access to a library of federal government toolkits, videos, games and tutorials designed to help achieve compliance with updated HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
The new service can benefit organizations of all sizes, but can be especially helpful to rural organizations and other small- and medium-size providers facing government reporting requirements for the first time. MyHIPAA Guide includes:
AKRON, Ohio – November 3, 2015 — For the first time, an online news and information service, at www.MyHIPAAGuide.com, gives healthcare providers news and commentary
Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or something else, here’s a simple way to think of social media: It is word-of-mouth communication empowered by the Internet.
Previously, word-of-mouth spread mainly in person or over the telephone.
But now the Internet enables one person’s voice to reverberate throughout a community or even around the globe. That’s not to say everyone’s message actually reaches a wide audience. Hardly. For those in heathcare, if you want your message to reach a desired audience, a good exercise is to think about exactly how that might happen. Here are a few possible scenarios:
Let’s say your hospital or medical practice has collected email addresses from patients who agree to receive email announcements or newsletters from your office. You now have a subscriber list. An email then goes out, announcing a new internist on staff. Someone who receives this information forwards the annoucement to a neighbor who just moved into town and needs a physician. “Hearing” about you, the neighbor calls for an appointment.

Please check your email for instructions on how to access your MyHIPAA Guide account.