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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

In the 1996 HIPAA statute (which covered a lot of other ground), Congress gave itself one year to legislate standards for health data privacy and security, and decreed that if it were to fail to meet that deadline, HHS would have to create regulations from whole cloth. The regs were finalized in 2003.)

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

In the 1996 HIPAA statute (which covered a lot of other ground), Congress gave itself one year to legislate standards for health data privacy and security, and decreed that if it were to fail to meet that deadline, HHS would have to create regulations from whole cloth. The regs were finalized in 2003.)

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

This care model was refined in 1997 with input from a large panel of experts, and then tested nationally across various healthcare settings in 1998 as part of the program “Improving Chronic Illness Care” (ICIC) funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We will discuss the six key elements of the Chronic Care Model in the next sections.