News
Health information exchanges cannot share sensitive patient information beyond a simple point-to-point exchange without first obtaining a patient's consent, concluded the federal privacy and security tiger team.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined a diverse group of statewide healthcare and technology agencies Tuesday at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to launch the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which is set to be the largest in the nation.
Health information exchanges cannot share patient health information beyond simple directed exchange without a patient's consent, privacy panel says.
Federal and state officials say IT projects are key to putting Medicaid services on par with 'doing business with Amazon.'
Patients worry about not being able to access their paper medical records when they need them the most, placing that above concerns about whether their records contain inaccuracies or are stolen, according to a new survey.
Preventing patient data breaches is cited as the number one priority for healthcare IT decision makers, but work remains for complying with security regulations, according to a national survey that examines IT trends in healthcare.
With states either submitting or receiving approval from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT of their strategic and operational plans for statewide HIEs, the HIE market is booming for vendors.
A license and reseller agreement for Noridian's EXACT software will provide Emdeon with a key interface to federal systems and Medicaid Management Information Systems.
The Ingenix buying spree marches on. In its third major acquisition in less than a month - after its purchase of Picis and Executive Health Resources - the firm, which is the health IT division of UnitedHealth Group, announced on Monday that it is adding San Jose, Calif-based Axolotl to the fold.
An HHS panel recommends building on existing federal standards, Web services and electronic interfaces for state health insurance exchange systems.