The impact of clinician burnout has been a top story for years, heightened by the extra stress and burden of the pandemic, costing the U.S. healthcare system about $4.6 billion annually. And, by some estimates, 47%…
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The following is a guest article by David Bucciferro, Chair of the EHR Association
In April 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its much-anticipated proposed rule to advance…
By Jill McKeon
May 30, 2023 – The American Hospital Association (AHA) urged the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to reconsider its December 2022 Online Tracking Guidance, suggesting that its definition of protected health information…
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Advantus Health Partners and HHS announced an eight-year, $1.2 billion agreement designed to provide optimized productivity and expanded analytics capabilities that contribute to a high-quality…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the nonprofit organization Baby2Baby have partnered to distribute 3,000 newborn supply kits to new mothers in Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. The kits include…
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The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA) has expressed concerns about the proposed interoperability and AI transparency rule (HTI-1) from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). EHRA believes that the…
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During a virtual media briefing this week, the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association outlined some of the comments it plans to send the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT about its draft…
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There are new tools for protecting clinic and hospital security that every healthcare organization should know about. In this video, two leaders, Erik Decker, Vice President – Chief Information Security Officer at Intermountain Health…
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By Jill McKeon
May 16, 2023 – The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled a HIPAA investigation with MedEvolve, an Arkansas-based business associate that provides revenue cycle management, practice management, and practice analytics software to…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
May 12, 2023 – In a case that shines a spotlight on patient discrimination, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reached a settlement…
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