by e-Patient Dave | Feb 2, 2013
Guest post by SPM member @NickDawson, a former health system executive now focused on patient experience, staff happiness and healthcare innovation. He works for Frontier Health in Richmond, Virginia. There’s a moment where something changes direction,...
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 e-Patient Dave | Jan 17, 2013
On Twitter @HCI_GPerna just posted that the Dept of Health & Human Services has announced the long-awaited rule changes to HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. These are the changes to implement HITECH, the 2009 stimulus bill...
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 e-Patient Dave | Jan 2, 2013
Jan. 3 update: See important update at bottom – the site owner has identified himself. I’m extremely troubled by this development, so much so I’m stopping a tight-deadline task to write this. Let’s hope that as things unfold this will resolve....
by e-Patient Dave | Dec 30, 2012
SPM member Danny van Leeuwen @HealthcareHatsis an active member of PCORI’s patient engagement workgroup. A month ago he mentioned a post about PCORI on WBUR’s CommonHealth blog, Medical Research: By Law, It’s All About You. I said “You should make...
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