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Key Developments
Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory - Online Resource by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Posted on October 23, 2013
Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory is an online repository compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, designed to help patients find high quality care in their communities.... Read More >
HHS Separates Fact from Fiction in New Post, "Top 10 Myths of Security Risk Analysis"
Posted on October 23, 2013
Under the revised HIPAA rules, covered entities are required to perform a security risk analysis. In addition, meaningful use program participants must perform a security risk analysis in order to be... Read More >
Law Atlas Releases 50 State Map on Public Health Departments and State Patient Confidentiality Laws
Posted on October 17, 2013
Law Atlas has recently released a 50 State Map on state laws and regulations addressing public health departments' ability to release and use personally identifiable information to promote public... Read More >
ONC's HIT Policy Committee Examines Possible Goals for Meaningful Use Stage 3
Posted on September 11, 2013
The HIT Policy Committee has started to explore possible goals of Meaningful Use Stage 3. The Committee has laid out 6 possible goals, including:
1. Improving quality of care and safety
2... Read More >
CMS/ONC to Hold Joint Webinar on Accelerating Health Information Exchange
Posted on August 1, 2013
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will hold a webinar on the overall strategy to make health... Read More >
ONC Issues Progress Report to Congress on the Adoption of EHRs and the Meaningful Use Program
Posted on July 1, 2013
The Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT issued a progress report to Congress as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The... Read More >
HHS Publishes Proposed Rule Regarding Privacy and Breach of Health Information in the Health Insurance Exchanges
Posted on July 1, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services published on June 19, 2013, a proposed rule requiring health insurance exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act to report privacy and security... Read More >
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