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Key Developments
HHS provides guidance on HIPAA Privacy Rule and emergency situations
Posted on November 11, 2014
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued guidance on the applicability of HIPAA during emergencies. HIPAA permits the disclosure of protected health information (PHI)... Read More >
ONC/CMS Principles and Strategy for Accelerating Health Information Exchange and Advancing Interoperability
Posted on September 9, 2014
On August 7, 2013, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)held a webinar and released a paper on on... Read More >
New Policy Brief on Health Information Exchange Released from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Posted on August 12, 2014
Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a report looking at the state of health information exchange and interoperability. The report provides a background of the... Read More >
RWJF to host briefing on nation's health information infrastructure and recommendations from 2013 JASON report
Posted on July 30, 2014
On Thursday, August 7th, 2014, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will host the briefing "The State of Health Information Technology Adoption & the Nation's Health Information Infrastructure:... Read More >
ONC Releases Final Report on the Behavioral Health Data Exchange Consortium Project
Posted on June 27, 2014
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its final report from the Behavioral Health Data Exchange Consortium pilot project. The purpose of the... Read More >
Eric Goplerud Quoted in WSJ Article on Easing Resrictions on the Sharing of Drug Treatment Information in Medical Records
Posted on June 9, 2014
Health Information & the Law Standing Committee member, Eric Goplerud was interviewed and quoted in a Wall Street Journal article entitled, "Drug Treatment Swept Up in Push for Medical-Records... Read More >
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