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Beth Israel/Google Health Fiasco--Is Technology Really the Problem? April 28, 2009 7:55 AM by Jay Vance: Recently the Boston Globe has been reporting on problems arising when Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sent insurance claims data (i.e., billing codes) to Google Health PHR as a means of summarizing patients' medical condition. As it turned out, this Read More...
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HITECH Makes Business Associates Liable Under HIPAA March 2, 2009 11:14 AM by Jay Vance: Medical transcription providers should be educating themselves on how the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus bill, is changing Read More...
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A Major Step Forward for PHRs November 19, 2008 11:27 AM by Jay Vance: On November 12, acting CMS administrator Kerry Weems and HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt announced a pilot program which will enable Medicare members in Arizona and Utah to use their choice of four commercial personal health record (PHR) providers to access Read More...
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