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Update on the Adoption of Health Information Technology and Related Efforts to Facilitate the Electronic Use and Exchange of Health Information
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: June 26, 2013
Untangling HIE: Patchwork Regulations, Standards Complicate Health Information Exchange
Author: Warner, Diana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2012
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program has dramatically increased the number of health information exchanges (HIEs) throughout the United States. An HIE is the exchange of health information electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability accor....
Unprecedented Opportunity: Using Federal Stimulus Funds to Advance Health IT in California
Author: California HealthCare Foundation; Manatt Health Solutions; Mittman, Robert
Source: External web site
Publication Date: February 23, 2009
United RECs of America
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
Most of the 60 regional extension centers have officially launched operations and begun helping providers implement health IT.
The RECs were created under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which provided $642 million in grants for the centers' first two....
Understanding the Meaningful Use Vocabulary Standards
Author: Ulmer, Stephen E.; Fuller, Jan C.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2010
The vocabulary standards adopted in the meaningful use final rule provide the language to capture primary health data required for the meaningful use objectives. It is through these standards that health information will be captured and transmitted. Knowing the vocabulary standards and underst....
Understanding the HIE Landscape. Appendix A: State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: September 2010
On May 13, 2010, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology awarded approximately $550 million in grants to State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Programs and State Designated Entities as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.....
Understanding Patient Access and Amendments
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, 45 CFR, section 164.524 and 164.526) and subsequent privacy rule revisions under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act changed how covered entities approach a patient’s right to ac....
Treating Healthcare with Health "I"T
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2012
Patient-Centric Stage 2 Meaningful Use Measures Considered Treatment for Ailing US Health System
The US healthcare system is ill. Higher costs, sicker patients, and struggling providers are the symptoms of the disease that has sent industry stakeholders scrambling t....
Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs
Author: U.S. Congress. Senate Finance Committee
Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Congress
Publication Date: April 29, 2009
Top HITECH-HIPAA Compliance Obstacles Emerge: Analyzing lessons learned from six months of Omnibus Privacy Rule implementation efforts
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Have a spare 32.8 million hours? The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sure hopes so.
As noted in the Federal Register, that figure is the total number of hours the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) estimated it would take all HIPAA-covered entities combined....
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