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Many more HIT pros needed as EMRs roll out

April 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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

April 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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

March 17, 2008 — 7:59am ET
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

March 3, 2008 — 7:59am ET
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

January 28, 2008 — 7:59am ET
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

January 22, 2008 — 7:59am ET
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...

January 7, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> 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?

November 12, 2007 — 7:59am ET
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...

Report: RHIOs need governance, technical standards

October 22, 2007 — 6:59am ET
A new AHIMA report examining how RHIOs and HIEs are run has concluded that the industry sorely needs technical and governance standards--and a fair amount of direct state guidance and support--to... Read more...

AHIMA promotes PHR use

October 1, 2007 — 6:59am ET
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is throwing its weight behind the PHR concept. AHIMA has set up a website, myPHR.com, selling... Read more...
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