HIE
HCO Required Reading: New Report on Data Breaches and their Cost
The American National Standards Institute’s The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information revealed an epidemic of electronic privacy breaches in the healthcare industry. According to James Pyles, former general counsel at the department of U.S.
A Concern and a Question: California Consumers Union Study on Privacy
Robert Miller, adjunct professor of Health Economics at the Institute for Health and Aging at the University of California, San Francisco, conducted a study on behalf of the California Consumers Union. His charge was to evaluate how well five California healthcare organizations have conformed to the principles for electronically exchanging health information among provider organizations.
NY Civil Liberties Union Report on Patient Privacy Begs the Question: Is Security More Important Than Privacy?
Last week, the New York Civil Liberties Union released a report criticizing New York state's health information exchange networks. Their argument states that while there are benefits to sharing EHRs, patients should have greater control over the dissemination of their own records.
If you're one of the thousands expected to attend next week's HIMSS conference in Las Vegas...
Please stop by the Health Market Science Exhibit Booth #13018 where you can pick up a copy of my new position paper - The Semantics of “Trust” and the Disconnect with the General Public. It’s a particularly relevant topic for health information exchange and others with a vested interest in protected health information and the assurances that patients demand from their healthcare providers.
Good news from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
The final version of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2011-2015 has been published. I applaud the fact that it recognizes the critical need for provider authentication and a national framework for "high-assurance physician identity management.”
Tiger Team Privacy and Security Recommendations Still Fall Short
The ONC Health IT Policy Committee’s Tiger Team has been busy developing privacy and security recommendations for electronic HIE over recent months. They’ve outlined seven recommendations which touch on everything from consent to authentication. While concerns abound regarding security and privacy, they may have overlooked a couple of key points in addressing the need.
Provider Directory – the common denominator in cost-cutting trends
Yesterday’s FierceMarket News article by Karen Cheung echoes an article in Wednesday’s Kaiser Health News that lists five trends to watch for lowering health care costs.
Upcoming Webinar on Statewide Provider Directory Approaches: The Recommended Versus The Optimal
I'll be giving a webinar on May 10, 2011 from 12:00-1:00 pm Eastern: Statewide Provider Directory Approaches: The Recommended Versus the Optimal.
HIMSS11 Focus on HIE Sustainability
Although many statewide HIEs and Beacon Communities have qualified for federal aid, many of their representatives at HIMSS11 were searching for strategies to become self-sufficient when the federal funds dry up. There seemed to be a general consensus that the HIEs must identify services that they can provide that have a perceived value and that participants will be willing to pay for.
