"We need to ensure and maintain the public's trust in health information systems and the exchange of their health information," says Farzad Mostashari, the new national coordinator for health information technology.
Farzad Mostashari says the government needs to ensure and maintain the public's trust in health information systems and the exchange of their health information.
The federal list of major healthcare information breaches that have occurred since September 2009 now includes 265 cases affecting a total of more than 10.8 million individuals.
Adequate funding for privacy and security measures is essential to the success of sharing electronic health records to improve the quality of care, says William Braithwaite, M.D., Ph.D.
The HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program marked a landmark April 18. Hospitals and physicians can now use an attestation system to begin verifying to Medicare that they qualify as meaningful users of certified electronic health records
Susan McAndrew of the HHS Office for Civil Rights discusses recent high-profile HIPAA cases, HIPAA enforcement training for state attorneys general and the pending HIPAA audit program.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health is notifying nearly 133,000 individuals about a health information breach involving the theft of a laptop computer containing personal information.
The Health IT Policy Committee has approved a long list of recommendations from its Privacy and Security Tiger Team that now will be considered for federal rules and regulations.
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