by David Harlow | Apr 24, 2013
With the tireless help of Adrian Gropper, and the counsel of executive committee members Michael Millenson and Danny Sands who went above and beyond, and our President Sarah Krüg, the Society for Participatory Medicine’s Public Policy Committee completed a...
by David Harlow | Feb 1, 2013
After years of delay, the federales finally finalized the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules. Introduction The Final Rule offers significant changes to patient rights and patient protections. (There is much more to the rule, but other...
by David Harlow | Jan 14, 2013
The Health IT Policy Committee of the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT released its proposed Stage 3 objectives for Meaningful Use. Â “Eligible Providers” that meet these objectives share in the federal electronic health record incentive...
by David Harlow | Dec 17, 2012
A recent Press Ganey white paper highlights an association between HCAHPS performance — patient experience scores — and lower rates of readmission. (Performance Insights – The Relationship Between HCAHPS Performance and Readmission Penalties.) With...
by David Harlow | Nov 30, 2012
The latest news story to examine the issue of patient access to implantable cardiac defibrillator data (a variation on the theme of “gimme my damn data”) is an in-depth, Page One Wall Street Journal story featuring Society for Participatory Medicine...
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