Stimulus Bill news from FierceHealthIT
NewsHHS sets rules for PHRs, plans and providers to notify consumers of privacy breaches
What used to be a state-by-state matter--in which a patchwork of laws offered some limited protection when their health data was breached--now has become a national standard. HHS has issued new Read more...
Health data experts call for updates to patient privacy regs
As hospitals and physicians transition to greater use of electronic patient data, it's becoming clear that the last generation of privacy laws may not be sufficient to deal with a world in which EMRs Read more...
The inside track on behing a healthcare solutions architect
Thanks to the stimulus bill, health IT implementations are going forward at a rapid pace. There's no way that the industry can produce enough healthcare-specific experts to run all of these projects, Read more...
Study: Stronger privacy rules slow EMR adoption
In a conclusion that isn't likely to please health privacy wonks, a group of researchers have published a paper suggesting that tighter health privacy rules could significantly slow the rate of EMR Read more...
Whitehouse: health IT will be "backbone" of health overhaul
At a HIMSS09 town hall meeting on Sunday, Rep. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called the $19 billion investment in health IT by President Obama a necessary "leap of faith," adding that IT will be the Read more...
Health IT stimulus includes Medicare EMR incentives
The stimulus spending plan promoted by President Obama has passed, including a healthy $20 billion in IT spending that will largely be funneled through CMS to provide incentives for EMR adoption. The Read more...
Health IT incentives in stimulus could benefit web-based vendors
Right now, no one's sure what will happen with the giant economic stimulus bill working its way through Capitol Hill. But if the version approved by the House survives, the promised health IT Read more...
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