Privacy & Security
The fate of a bill that would exempt doctors and other providers from complying with the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule now rests in the hands of President Obama.
GE Healthcare has announced a cost-effective, subscription-based library of online courses, through which nurses can receive continuing education credit in clinical care, leadership and development to help improve outcomes and lower costs.
Seventy-five hospitals/medical centers have been named to Security magazine's "2010 Security 500" list, which recognizes organizations worldwide for best-managed security practices.
The White House has called for a "universal exchange language" to enable healthcare providers to share health information in real time, in order to modernize and coordinate diagnosis and treatment while incorporating privacy and security of personal data.
Social media tools may prove an effective way to boost participation in online health programs, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School.
The real barrier to adoption of personal health records is not privacy and security, but rather the unwillingness of healthcare data sources to give consumers control over their health information, Dossia CEO Colin Evans told a government panel recently.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is providing grants to states in order to fund health information exchange breakthroughs in five challenging areas that will promote sharing of patient records nationwide.
Jerry Buchanan, program manager at technology consulting firm eMids Technologies, shares five ways that consumer-driven healthcare proves to be game changing for healthcare IT.
In September, Healthcare IT News explained how one lawsuit against a nascent health information exchange could be a sign of things to come as states get their own HIEs up and running.
In the wake of increased healthcare IT adoption, this year saw increased focus on patient privacy.