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ONC tables regulation of Nationwide Health Information Network
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will not pursue governance of the Nationwide Health Information Network, it revealed at yesterday's meeting of the Healthcare IT Policy Committee.
Security of mobile devices a continuing concern
Healthcare organizations not only have to contend with protecting patient health information on their own health IT, but also have to worry about data stored on physicians' and others' mobile devices, according to a panel discussion held at the Fourth Annual mHealth World Congress in Boston.
Consumer groups step up pressure on HIE security
Consumers want the benefits of health information exchange, but they also wish to be assured that their personal health information (PHI) will remain private and secure, notes a new issue brief by Consumers Union and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).
AHA criticized for Meaningful Use Stage 2 comments
The American Hospital Association has drawn criticism for neglecting to consider patients its 68-page comment letter sent to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the Meaningful Use
ONC reveals new HIE privacy and security requirements
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released new requirements and guidance for health information exchanges operating in the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative
ONC Tiger Team to make recommendations on Stage 2 rules
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's Tiger Team currently is comparing the proposed rules implementing Stage 2 of Meaningful Use to the recommendations it made to ONC committees in
'Tiger team' calls for digital authentication in provider-to-provider HIE
The privacy and security "tiger team" set up to resolve pressing issues for the Health IT Policy Committee is calling for standard authentication policies for direct electronic exchange of EHRs and
Privacy, security 'tiger team' told granular consent technology is flawed
The "tiger team" formed to help HHS sort through some of the trickiest issues related to privacy and security of electronic health information is taking on perhaps its toughest task to date, namely
Federal workgroup wants encryption even for direct HIE
The privacy and security workgroup of the federal Health IT Policy Committee is recommending that providers encrypt any personally identifiable patient information whenever they share data with
