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CMS awards firm $34M contract for system to process payments to providers under the health IT incentive plan.
Health and Human Services to conduct consumer survey to counter worries out negative patient experiences.
Veterans Affairs and New Mexico health agency beneficiaries are latest victims of data breaches caused by a missing unsecured laptop.
Health care providers and plans can anticipate tougher enforcement and higher fines for HIPAA violations, OCR officials say.
Administration wants to help create trusted means to move healthcare and other business transactions onto the Internet.
Policymakers wrestle with how to protect patient data transmitted by health information network middlemen.
HHS's Office of Civil Rights describes basic elements of a risk analysis required by the HIPAA security rule.
Health IT Policy Committee okays EHR certification plan, including measures to protect purchasers after systems are installed.
Open source community lauds concept but knocks recommendation to set up structured development via federal research center.
Physicians will not embrace mobile health tools until they have the proper financial incentives, health experts say.