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ACLU: Catholic hospitals that deny life-saving abortions violate EMTALA

In the wake of the standoff that led to a Phoenix-based bishop's revoking of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Catholic status, the American Civil Liberties Union is calling on CMS to ensure

States, providers still sorting out myriad HIE issues

Anyone involved in health information exchange--and that should be just about everyone working with an EMR, if Uncle Sam has anything to say about it--would do well to heed the advice of Jason Hess,

ACLU suit against Rhode Island HIE shows why privacy is so central to health IT

The other shoe has dropped. Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union sued a state-sanctioned health information exchange in Rhode Island , saying that the pre-operational exchange doesn't have

EMR fails following power outage at VT hospital

Two months ago, FierceEMR highlighted how Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, turned on a $57 million Epic Systems EMR, engaging the American Civil Liberties Union to help assure patient

VT hospital goes fully electronic, engages ACLU

Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, last week turned on a $57 million Epic Systems EMR, replacing paper charts in patient rooms, clinics and nursing stations. The eventual plan is to hook