This news release describes a pilot program to take place in Indiana and Ohio, that aims to measure the effects of expanding and improving access to prescription drug monitoring programs (PMDPs)in order to reduce prescription drug abuse.
Author: Leon Rodriguez, Director, Office of Civil Rights
Publication: Office of Civil Rights
This memo released by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights was put out to educate consumers of health care of their legal right to access their own medical records.
Author: Joel Teitelbaum, JD, LLM, Lara Cartwright-Smith, JD, MPH, and Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Publication: American Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics
In this article, the authors present evidence regarding the role of communication in health care quality as well as evidence of the scope of the language access problem; provide an overview of the rise of the concept of informed consent as a basic dimension of the law of health care quality; trace the evolution of relevant language services in health law and policy; review the various ways in which the ACA presents opportunities to advance effective communication in health care; and conclude with a discussion of the legal, policy, and delivery challenges that remain, including the need for vigilant oversight of relevant ACA provisions and strong enforcement of extant laws to ensure LEP individuals’ meaningful access to care.
The Health System Measurement Project is an online tool developed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The purpose of the website is to pull together health data from various sources in order to highlight trends within the United States' health care system.
This is a notice for request for comments by the Veterans Affairs Department for the proposed Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) system. The VLER system would allow the sharing of data between the VA, the Department of Defense and the Nationwide Health Information Network. The notice proposes the types of disclosures the information would be subject to as well as the privacy requirements the VLER system is subject to.
This report examines the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's requirement for each state to establish a health insurance exchange, with a specific focus on the state of California. The paper looks at applicable federal and state laws, and makes recommendations for the establishment of a health insurance exchange in California.
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