HIPAA
HITECH Act and HHS: A full plate of deadlines
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Robert Kolodner, the national coordinator for health information technology in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently spoke to attendees at the 2009 HIMSS Conference about the changes and deadlines that have come out of the HITECH Act.
Note: Title XIII of Division A and Title IV of Division B of the American Recovery [...]
Free Training on new Health Information Technology Provisions
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Washington-based Health IT Certification is offering a complimentary online course on the Health Information Technology (HIT) provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The 69-page course is designed for those who need to quickly come up to speed on the law and how it affects HIT.
The online training module covers;
New privacy and security requirements
New [...]
A Health Records Czar?
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Previous, we touched on the new security breach notifications introduced through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). http://enclavesecurity.com/blogs/kellitarala/2009/03/01/hitech-act-and-security-breach-notifications/. In this post, we will discuss the goals for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Government/Agency Leadership Infrastructure: A Health Records Czar?
Currently, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s [...]
HITECH Act and Security Breach Notifications
Sunday, March 1st, 2009The federal stimulus package law , otherwise known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), has a number of measures related to health information technology (HIT) and incentives to adopt electronic health record (EHR) systems. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act’s (HITECH Act) provisions (within the ARRA) expand [...]
On Demand Health Records in Emergency Rooms
Monday, February 9th, 2009How many times have medical efforts been delayed or just incomplete because the emergency room personnel did not have access to patients’ medical records? I recently read about an exciting (and scary) initiative in Wisconsin to provide emergency room clinicians with access to patient health records via a health information exchange.
Wisconsin Health Information Exchange [...]
Healthcare IT Reform with Secretary Daschle?
Sunday, December 14th, 2008Senator Tom Daschle was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services by President-Elect Barack Obama last month. Even if you are a technology geek who doesn’t care for politics, it is important to note that Daschle has advocated expanding health information technology as part of a comprehensive health reform program.
In his book, “Critical: What We [...]