• Six Additional States Launch Medicaid EHR Payment Programs
    Six More States Launched Medicaid EHR Payment Programs States may voluntarily offer the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program to their Medicaid eligible professionals and eligible hospitals. This CMS page provides resources for states to understand the […]
  • Patient-Centered Medical Home
    NCQA’s Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) 2011 The PCMH 2011 Brochure is now available online.  PCMH Recognition is based on meeting specific elements included in six standard categories. 1. Enhance Access and Continuity: Accommodate patients’ needs […]
  • Hawaii Electronic Health Records (EHR)
    The purpose of Hawaii EHR is to disseminate electronic health information technology (Health IT) in the areas where government and the private sector meet. […]
  • Stakeholder Awareness of Beacon Program Services
    Stakeholder Awareness of Beacon Program Services Surveyed by AcademyHealth, The Commonwealth Fund and ONC To ensure that the information needs and values of key community leaders are better understood by the Beacon Communities, AcademyHealth, with support from The Commonwealth Fund and in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health I […]
  • New Health Center Beacon Award Recipients 2011
    HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to improve quality of care and electronic reporting capabilities in Beacon Communities $8.5 million to fund 85 health centers in 15 Beacon Communities across the country HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to improve quality of care and electronic reporting capabilities in Beacon Communities; $8.5 million to fund 85 heal […]
  • The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program
    Improving Health Through Health Information Technology The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding to 17 selected communities throughout the United States that have already made inroads in the development of secure, private, and accurate systems of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange. The Beacon Pro […]
  • Chemistry | Re: Vitamin D2 & D3, again
    The Vitamin D nomenclature in literature is very difficult. Before you go down any "IF" path, may I suggest you confirm with your biochemist/medical director what is truly analyzed in your laboratory. If multiple result fields are reported for the different active and storage forms of Vitamin D, outline them appropriately. Taking an approach of def […]
  • Other Training Opportunities | Re: Open Registration: Introduction to LOINC webinar 2/15/20
    There is no registration fee and I don't believe that there is any restriction on who can attend other than that you'll have to create an account on the Sysmex website (they are hosting it). When I registered on their site, I believe the "country" list is limited to a subset of North American countries (presumably their market area), but […]

Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule)

The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology announced yesterday the release of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Applying the Substance Abuse Confidentiality Regulations to the Health Information Exchange (HIE). [...]

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