Job 1 for the AHIC successor? — by Nancy Ferris
July 30th, 2009
Notice how the for-profit research industry wants access “baked” into all EHRs up front for research uses, to avoid getting individuals’ consents.
They call this...
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AHIC Successor names 15 board members
September 23rd, 2008
Appointments to the 15-member board of AHIC Successor, the replacement organization to the federally chartered healthcare information technology advisory panel, include five physicians, one...
Job 1 for the AHIC successor?
July 29th, 2008
Several organizations asked the American Health Information Community today to expand its scope and mesh data standards for medical research with its work on...
Next president faces skeptical HIT crowd
October 30th, 2007
Now that the presidential candidates, both Democratic and Republican, have taken their first shots at defining their ideas for health care and the role...
13 Million Grant for AHIC Successor
August 26th, 2007
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he Department of Health and Human Services has announced a grant of up to $13 million will be awarded for the design, creation and...
Kolodner unveils AHIC’s privacy policy framework
June 14th, 2007
Robert Kolodner, the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS, revealed at a meeting of a key...
Health Information Privacy: What Do Doctors and Patients Want and Need?
May 1st, 2007
n the last few weeks we have had a number of reminders that management of the privacy of patient records remains a contentious and...
AHIC reviews, sends back EHR recommendations
April 25th, 2007
The American Health Information Community on Tuesday sent back for revision a list of recommendations by its work group on electronic health records aimed...
HPP Resigns from Government Privacy Workgroup
February 21st, 2007
Letter to Robert Kolodner, M.D. – Interim National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Robert Kolodner, M.D.
Interim National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health...
Bill would lead to federal privacy standard for IT
October 28th, 2005
HHS would recommend to Congress a single federal privacy standard to promote electronic medical records and e-prescribing, replacing state and federal laws, under legislation...