by Michael Millenson | Jun 3, 2016
On social media and at meetings like Health Datapalooza, our favorite federal bureaucrats assure us of their commitment to open data and patient empowerment. But those are just soothing words; federal regulations are law. On April 30, I posted on e-patients.net an...
by Michael Millenson | Apr 30, 2016
Quick summary for the impatient: Michael’s post urges public comment in the upcoming comment period, and ends with this: “If we in the patient community do not raise questions and objections to this critically important MACRA rule, you will definitely not...
by Susan Woods | Mar 15, 2016
Decades ago, there began a rigorous effort to tackle health care problems by focusing on science, improvement and measurement. A prominent driver of all things related to practice betterment has been The Institute of Healthcare Improvement, or IHI. Led by pediatrician...
by David Harlow | Jan 12, 2016
A long time ago (in internet years), the original HIPAA regulations were promulgated. (The final Privacy Rule was published in 2000.) They’ve been tweaked and updated over the years, most notably in the “mega-reg” promulgated a few years back in...
by e-Patient Dave | Aug 17, 2015
The GetMyHealthData site was taken down at the end of 2022. Updated links here go to the page’s history on Archive.org. Please see my long-overdue post contributing to the @GetOurHealthData movement, on their blog. The more I’ve thought about all the...
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