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Information Release to Patient Families and Caregivers: What Does HITECH/HIPAA Actually Say?
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 01, 2016
One of the most important objectives of the HIPAA Privacy Rule—and the HITECH Act in particular—was to ensure that consumers have easy and affordable access to their own protected health information. The regulations also clarified how and when medical information about a patien....
Informing and Interconnecting Physicians: The Workflow Issue
Author: Taffel, Bruce H.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
Abstract:
To bring the types of sustainable quality improvements and operating efficiencies that transform patient care into the practice environment, physicians must have tools that deliver clinically relevant information at the point of care. The HITECH provisions in the American Recove....
Integrating ARRA: Leveraging Current Compliance Efforts to Meet the New Privacy Provisions
Author: Nunn, Sandra L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2009
Within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the section known as the HITECH Act provides a combination of incentives and penalties to reduce healthcare costs by automating healthcare records and streamlining health IT. It also broadens the definition of what healthcare information must....
Integrating EHRs: Hospital Trends and Strategies for Initiating Integrated EHRs Within Their Communities
Author: Zwyiak, Walt; Drazen, Erica; Computer Sciences Corporation
Source: External web site
Publication Date: February 15, 2010
The question for hospitals is becoming not whether but how to initiate integrated EHR use within their communities.
Journey through Meaningful Use at a Large Academic Medical Center: Lessons of Leadership, Administration, and Technical Implementation
Author: Unger, Melissa D; Aldrich, Alison M; Hefner, Jennifer L; Rizer, Milisa K
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2014
Abstract
Successfully reporting meaningful use of electronic health records to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can be a challenging process, particularly for healthcare organizations with large numbers of eligible professionals. This case report describes a successf....
Keeping Compliant: Managing Rising Risk in Physician Practices
Author: Brocato, Lori; Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2011
A mix of new regulations and initiatives-with audits and attestations in their wake-have put a new focus on compliance in physician practices and clinics.
Recovery audits, breach notification regulations, and modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule are forcing rapid workflo....
Keeping HITECH in Context: Flurry of Regulation Fits within a Larger, More Familiar Picture
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2010
The healthcare industry and HIM profession have spent much of 2010 engaged in proposed regulations, comments, and final regulations related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and HITECH Act. There will be more to come. We have adapted to new Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) requi....
Keeping It Private: Staying Compliant with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Author: Tomes, Jonathan P.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2012
HHS's renewed interest in auditing for compliance is a good reminder to covered entities to ensure their privacy and security programs are up to date.
The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) announcement of a new program to audit compliance with the HIPAA priva....
Letter to State Legislators Concerning Workforce Legislation
Author: Rulon, Vera
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: July 22, 2009
Letter to State Medicaid Directors, ARRA HIT # 1
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: September 01, 2009
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