Category: FTC Proposed Health Breach Notification Rule for PHRs and Electronic Health Information

Jaan Sidorov
Yesterday, April 16, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission released its proposed Health Breach Notification Rule for Vendors of Personal Health Records (PHRs) and Electronic Health Information.
The official title of the proposed rule is: 16. C.F.R. Part 318: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Public Comments Concerning Proposed Health Breach Notification Rule, […]

jingemi
Today’s a href=”http://wvgazette.com/News/200903140458″Charleston Gazette features an article by Eric Eyre/a on a health information technology company located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. a href=”http://www.evrichart.com/index.html”EvriChart/a relocated to West Virginia four years ago and focuses its business on managing health information for hospitals, physicians and other health care providers. John King, COO of the […]

Martin Trussell
Yesterday the a href=”http://www.wvgazette.com/”Charleston Gazette/a ran an op-ed piece, a href=”http://www.wvgazette.com/Opinion/Op-EdCommentaries/200902160352″West Virginia A Leader In Health Information/a, written by Kenneth Kizer and a href=”http://www.petergroen.com/”Peter Groen/a.br /br /The article provides an overview of the various efforts in West Virginia to become a national leader in health information technology. The op-ed piece states:br /blockquote […]

John Goodman
Today a href=”http://www.hmsa.com/”Hawaii Medical Service Association/a along with a href=”http://americanwell.com/”American Well/a roll out American Well’s technology that redesigns the house call — call it “e-House Call.” More about the joint effort and how to log in can be found at a href=”http://consumersonline.hmsa.com/”HMSA’s Online Care For Consumers/a.br /
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American Well’s technology allows live, […]

John Goodman
Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) issued a href=”http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/documents/NationwidePS_Framework.pdf”The Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information/a. The summary states that the framework creates a set of principles and consistent approach to:br /blockquote”. . .address the privacy and security challenges […]

Malorye Allison
The October edition of the a href=”http://www.healthlawyers.org/Template.cfm?Section=Health_Lawyers_News1amp;Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfmamp;TPLID=7amp;ContentID=3817″Health Lawyers News/a, a publication of the a href=”http://www.healthlawyers.org/”American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)/a, contains an article I co-authored with a href=”http://www.gpmlaw.com/professionals/gerald-e-deloss.aspx”Jud DeLoss/a, a principal in the law firm of Gray Plant Mooty, who blogs at a href=”http://mnhit.blogspot.com/”Minnesota Health IT/a. On the eve of the a href=”http://www.health2con.com/”Health […]

Malorye Allison
a href=”http://www.patientslikeme.com/members/view/29″Ben Heywood/a, co-founder of a href=”http://www.patientslikeme.com/”PatientsLikeMe/a, a href=”http://blog.patientslikeme.com/2008/10/10/health-20-where-do-we-go-from-here/”outlines simple (but difficult) goals/a that those in the health 2.0 space must accomplish. Based on his post I take it that he highlighted these during his keynote address at the second a href=”http://www.healthforum2.com/”Health 2.0 Northeast conference/a.br /br /His simple but eloquent a href=”http://blog.patientslikeme.com/2008/10/10/health-20-where-do-we-go-from-here/”message/a […]

Malorye Allison
Jen McCabe Gorman at a href=”http://healthmgmtrx.blogspot.com/”Health Management RX/a brought span style=”text-decoration: underline;”/spana href=”http://healthmgmtrx.blogspot.com/2008/10/breaking-news-congress-wants-to-create.html”attention/a to a new a href=”http://www.house.gov/stark/news/110th/legislation/200809-HIT/billtext.pdf”House of Representative Bill (HR 6898)/a focused on electronic health information introduced in the 110th Congress by a href=”http://www.house.gov/stark/contact/biography.htm”Congressman Pete Stark/a. The bill was a href=”http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:18:./temp/%7EbdHfhQ:@@@Lamp;summ2=mamp;%7C/bss/d110query.html%7C”introduced/a on September 15, 2008, and is currently referred out […]

Lola Butcher
a href=”http://www.ixcenter.org/”Josh Seidman/a, president of Center for Information Therapy, of provides an update of the status of Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology’s (CCHIT) process for certification of personal health records (PHRs) over at a href=”http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2008/09/judging-persona.html#more”The Health Care Blog/a.br /br /CCHIT has published the first draft of the 2009 certification criteria for […]

Fred Fortin
As a part of West Virginia’s participation in the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaborative (HISPC), West Virginia Medical Institute and its partners launch the eHealthWV website focused on educating consumers about electronic health records and health information exchange.
West Virginia was one of a number of states awarded a grant by RTI […]