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Health information exchange, much like online and ATM banking, will succeed when people cannot live without their health data. Someone has to create that appetite, says Reginald Coopwood, MD, chairman of HIP TN.
When it comes to protecting patient health information, it's what's lacking that matters most. The forthcoming Health Information Privacy Bill of Rights might help.
Entities thinking about a cloud strategy should begin with a cross-functional team that answers these half-dozen questions.
David Blumenthal, MD, who was the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology from 2009 to 2011, has been appointed president of the Commonwealth Fund. He will succeed Karen Davis, effective Jan. 1, 2013.
As the country gears up for the presidential election, the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) has proposed language for inclusion in the Democratic and Republican National Committee party platforms to support the transformation of healthcare in America through information technology.
Further solidifying a bridge between public and private health, Sarasota County Medical Society becomes latest to join the Florida Health Data Network health information exchange.
Since the Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act, there has been barrage of conflicting reports on what it means for Medicaid. Here's a look at the immediate impact on states.
Former GOP Senate majority leader Bill Frist explains how state health insurance exchanges are "federalist ideal of states as laboratories for democracy."
Robert Rowley, former CMIO of Practice Fusion, analyzes meaningful use data and finds the sheer number of EHR vendors unsustainable. That's one among the reasons the market is ripe for mergers and acquisitions activity.
Bob Belfort, partner in the healthcare practice at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, discusses the difficulties hospitals and public health departments face in deciding when to notify patients about a data breach.