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The Health IT Policy Committee on June 8 accepted a recommendation that all organizations participating in the Nationwide Health Information Network initiative (NwHIN) should use digital certificates that meet the same authentication standards already required for federal agencies. Ultimate approval for the recommendation falls on the Department of Health and Human Services. One of the main motivations [...] Just weeks before the powerful F5 tornado ripped though Joplin Missouri severely damaging the St. John’s Regional Medical Center, St. John’s had converted to a new electronic health records system. Having all their records online and backed up in another city, allowed the hospital to be up and running a 60 bed mobile hospital in less [...] After hearing objections from hospitals and physicians about a proposed “opt-in” approach to obtaining patient consent for health information exchange (HIE), the Maine legislature has dropped a proposal to switch from an “Opt-out” approach. The original proposal would have been required to give patients an opt-in form that they would need to sign to authorize having their [...] The Department’s Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) provides leadership for the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology (HIT) infrastructure. ONC is charged with guiding the nationwide implementation of interoperable HIT to reduce medical errors, improve quality, produce greater value for health care expenditures, ensure that patients’ individually identifiable health information is [...] Last week, I summarized the Health and Human Services Health Information Technology Policy Committee Privacy and Security Tiger Team (Tiger Team)’s findings. As a reminder, their charge was to “make short-term and long term recommendations to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) on privacy and security policies and practices that well help build public trust in health [...] |
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