Government & Policy
Health care providers and plans can anticipate tougher enforcement and higher fines for HIPAA violations, OCR officials say.
New legislation is expected to speed development of a statewide health information exchange in Wisconsin.
Administration wants to help create trusted means to move healthcare and other business transactions onto the Internet.
In the midst of all the policy-making surrounding the administration's health IT incentive plan, it's possible to lose sight of the people it was designed to benefit. There are millions of potential meaningful users of health IT of course, but few whose stories are more compelling than two we touch-on in the current issue of Government Health IT.
A new bill would require Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to build Internet portal for veterans to access records and benefits.
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.