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Friday, July 25, 2008

HIPAA audits drive business for privacy software firm
Electronic ID theft, snooping and HIPAA audits have contributed to the growth of FairWarning, a St. Petersburg, Fla., privacy auditing firm.
(Posted July 23, 2008)

Military Health System seeks options on AHLTA
MHS is reviewing recommendations on the feasibility of developing a joint DOD/VA electronic medical record system, among other possibilities.
(Posted July 23, 2008)

House committee approves major health IT bill
Privacy issues are at the forefront as Energy and Commerce Committee approves bill to promote EHRs and health information exchanges.
(Posted July 23, 2008)

GAO: States need more fed help preparing for pandemics
States remain weak in the areas of critical infrastructure, food safety reporting, and facilitating a medical care surge, the GAO found.
(Posted July 23, 2008)

Louisiana law sets up health care transparency site
Web site would supply consumers treatment price data, including when a physician has performed a procedure, their complication rates and patient safety indicators.
(Posted July 22, 2008)

HealthMap taps Internet for public health ‘situational awareness’
HealthMap system developed by Harvard and Children’s Hospital Boston scours the Internet to pick up raw intelligence on potential disease outbreaks.
(Posted July 21, 2008)

Law will boost e-prescribing, HHS secretary says
Despite the president's veto of the recent Medicare bill, officials say the administration supports the legislation's e-prescribing incentives.
(Posted July 21, 2008)

PHR adoption: How’s it going?
Provider usage is one way to tell whether the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments’ personal health record systems are successful.
(Posted July 21, 2008)

Full medical jacket
The military’s personal health record projects — which aim for convenience, lower costs and better health outcomes — are shaking up deeply rooted business processes.
(Posted July 21, 2008)

HIPAA privacy and security violations cost Seattle company $100,000
First-of-its-kind settlement could signal that HHS is taking a tougher stance toward violations.
(Posted July 18, 2008)

Nebraska, Idaho HIEs pick health record-sharing system
Both statewide health information exchanges choose solution from Axolotl as information management platform.
(Posted July 17, 2008)

Vermont trust fund aims at physicians' EHR adoption
Sponsors estimate that the fund will boost EHR penetration to 50 percent of the state's independent physicians during the next five years.
(Posted July 14, 2008)

Medicare bill rewards providers for e-prescribing
Beginning in October, doctors would get bonuses for using e-prescribing and face fee reductions if they don't adopt the technology by 2012.
(Posted July 10, 2008)

New York state considers accrediting RHIOs
State officials will rely on RHIOs to govern health information exchanges and want to be able to assure stakeholders that they're up to the task.
(Posted July 10, 2008)

Battlefield medics use medical reference databases
Two resources on now available on CD for users of Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care systems.
(Posted July 9, 2008)

Military medical intelligence center gets a new name
The National Center for Medical Intelligence's new responsibilities reflect expanded relationships with the Homeland Security Department, the White House, the State Department and other agencies.
(Posted July 7, 2008)

Calif. health district deal would eliminate faxes
Palomar Pomerado Health taps Novo Innovations to link San Diego-area physicians — including those without EMRs — to a health care grid.
(Posted July 3, 2008)

Process for standing up the AHIC successor becomes clearer
An 18-member board is likely to be announced at the end of September.
(Posted July 2, 2008)

ONC budget not likely to increase
Both houses of Congress are considering appropriations bills that would hold spending by the health IT office near this year's level.
(Posted June 27, 2008)

DEA proposes rules to allow e-prescribing of controlled substances
Agency solicits public comments on its plans for heavy-duty security in all systems and third-party ID verification.
(Posted June 27, 2008)

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