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Medicare launching PHR pilot in AZ, UT
Following up on an existing pilot in South Carolina, Medicare has launched a personal health record pilot in Arizona and Utah giving beneficiaries access to a no-cost or subscription-based PHR.... Read more...
AMIA releases report on EMR core competencies
The American Medical Informatics Association has released a report detailing what health workers should know when working with EMRs. AMIA's goal is take the focus away from higher technical issues... Read more...
Many more HIT pros needed as EMRs roll out
A new study backed by AHIMA suggests the HIT workforce will need to expand dramatically in coming years to meet demand. The study, which drew on data from the HIMSS Analytics Database, found that... Read more...
Study: Better staff training could protect EMR privacy
If providers do a better job of training their staff, privacy breaches will be far less common, according to a new report issued by the AHIMA. Experts quoted in the report note that the recent rash... Read more...
Aetna enters PHR market with medical info option
Aetna has become the latest in a crowded field of PHR contenders, going up against everyone from Google and Microsoft to giant employer coalitions Dossia and WebMD. Aetna's model, called... Read more...
HHS plans surprise HIPAA audits
According to survey data released at HIMSS last week, 25 percent of hospitals surveyed had seen a security breach within the past year. Even worse, research firm SecureWorks has seen an 85 percent... Read more...
Addressing ID verification could spur PHR adoption
If providers adopted a set of common practices used for validating the identity of online consumers, not only would their records be safer, it's more likely that the PHR would become popular,... Read more...
Medicare tests PHRs in South Carolina
Working with a group of outside contractors, CMS is testing a PHR program on 100,000 Medicare participants in South Carolina. To run the implementation, CMS is working with Gaithersburg, MD-based IT... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: AHIMA plans nursing home IT standards; Mass. HIE expanding; and much more...
> AHIMA has launched a new project intended to provide a model for using EMRs and other health IT platforms in nursing homes. Read more...
You tell me: What's a PHR?
OK, maybe some of you are sick of hearing me harp on this subject, but I'll ask again--what the heck is a personal health record? One view comes from America's Health Insurance Plans: "The industry... Read more...
