Tom Sullivan
EHR
National coordinator Donald Rucker said the agency is researching open APIs, such as those used by Facebook and Twitter, to advance health information sharing.
EHR
But the EHR vendor says that clients own their data and can get it transferred back.
Cloud Computing
New offerings can simplify IT’s job of managing Microsoft environments and open opportunities for innovation in the cloud.
Security
Petya is only one of the issues hospital IT, privacy and compliance pros should understand this month.
Regulation
The agency said clients that attested in good faith will not have to pay the money back despite the vendor’s $155 million settlement over alleged false claims.
EHR
Defense Department tweets that it will roll out the electronic health record at a naval station in Washington State.
Security
A report with personal information was accessible via a live hyperlink thereby leaving medical data viewable to the public.
Legislation
The bipartisan bill would eliminate HITECH Act requirements that HHS make attesting to meaningful use harder to achieve.
Legislation
But almost half the money went toward research, officials said.
EHR
The hospitals consumers can now read what doctors write about them, message care teams and participate in eVisits.