Health Blawg

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). HIPAA covered entities and business associates are required to assess whether encryption is a reasonable and appropriate safeguard as a means of protecting ePHI at rest (i.e.,

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 3, 2016

Some examples where BPPC are used: Connecticut HIE: For release of Privileged Care information, a consent document SHALL be registered with HITE-CT in the form of a BPPC conformant document using the Opt-in for Legally Protected Data (ALL) policy. One can't simply have a code "HIPAA" which is understood everywhere as meaning the same thing.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients. The Harlow Group LLC.

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Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients. The Harlow Group LLC.

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Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Docnotes

JULY 30, 2018

Note that there is a difference between the activity of health information exchange (the verb) and an HIE (Health Information Exchange – the noun). A key feature of the regulations is that they apply to HIPAA Covered Entities (CEs) and Business Associates (BAs).

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Although we do have HIPAA, GINA, 42-CFR Part 2, and many state augmentations. Healthcare does have some unique issues, like that the data can't be revoked or recalled. The issue is somewhat unique to the USA, because of the extreme fragmented Privacy regulations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

The traditional HIE subscriber model continues to become more complex, with challenges in achieving clinical outcomes and maintaining sustainable funding. The evolution of interoperability is happening now, and payers and providers need to be on top of TEFCA and HIE updates to provide continued clinical value.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We definitely can’t take credit for this phrase…that belongs to Carrie O’Connell. He remarked that providers actually have a great appetite for data! And as Dr. Schoch clarified, “I don’t need more data…I need the right data, in my workflow.”. It’s Time for “Common Sense Medicine”.

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HIStalk Interviews

JUNE 12, 2019

I’m going through an HIE implementation right now with a local HIE here in Georgia. There’s definitely an art and a science in that gathering of data pre-visit and post-visit. Then I’d go in and the HIPAA paperwork was on paper and I had to sign that. I even paid my co-pay on the IPad. It was beautiful.

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