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NewsCalifornia RHIO backed by high-powered employer
As regular readers know, I regularly lambaste RHIOs/HIEs, most of which appear to have little chance of financial survival. However, when it comes to a RHIO that attracts the support of a giant like Read more...
Massachusetts e-prescribing volume hits 10.8 million scripts
Since launching three and a half years ago, more than 10.8 million e-prescriptions have been transmitted over Massachusetts' payer-backed e-network. During the past six months alone, says eRX Read more...
Mississippi Medicaid saves $14M with e-prescribing
It looks like another financial success for e-prescribing. This time, Mississippi's Medicaid Read more...
AHIMA demands better PHR privacy protectionsPHRs are not electronic medical records, exactly--and as some people see it, that's exactly the problem. While EMRs enjoy the same HIPAA protection as paper records do, PHRs don't. AHIMA president Bryon Pickard told Congress that's just wrong. And even if laws in a specific state do target PHRs, when consumers and providers are in different states, the tougher state laws may not apply. As a result, AHIMA would like to see Congress enact uniform laws to cover the use or transmission of … Read more...2007 a tough year for health IT legislation?Many healthcare policy wonks are speculating that 2007 will be a big year for health IT legislation. Observers say that while some health IT measures got stuck on the Hill in 2006, in the coming year legislators are likely to see health IT as a priority. With the private sector signaling that it's more than ready for health IT change--supporting data-driven initiatives such as PHRs, EMRs and pay-for-performance schemes--legislators have gotten the message that the market is ready to … Read more...Blue plans, health industry group plan PHRIt's dueling data stores, everyone. This week, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and health industry trade group America's Health Insurance Plans have announced that they're creating their own personal health record (PHR) model. This new PHR would be transferable from one insurance company to another. The effort, which should go live in 2008, will presumably compete with the giant personal health record effort being launched by a handful of mega-employers like Wal-Mart Stores and … Read more... |
