One of the early themes that has emerged from the initial discussions of the Office of the National Coordinator’s privacy and security tiger team is the need for stronger protection of the confidentiality and privacy of…
The emphasis on security and privacy in electronic health record (EHR) systems as a prerequisite for building consumer trust in these systems both overstates the extent to which security controls can in fact provide trust, and…
The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), a government-sponsored initiative started in 2004 and re-emphasized in the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act, is no longer envisioned as a “network” at all (in…
As the provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act continue to be implemented, many health care organizations are beginning to understand that changes to security and privacy requirements originally promulgated…
As noted this week in a blog posting from Hunton & Williams, a ruling issued in February from a federal district court in Ohio highlights some of the legal complexities in navigating both state and federal…
One of the provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act portion of the Recovery Act changed the requirements for HIPAA-covered entities to maintain an accounting of disclosures of health information….
Both of the two federal health IT advisory committees working in support of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) have taken up discussion on patient privacy and consent management, working through the respective privacy and…
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