August 2009


Employee Fired for Accessing Son’s Records Reinstated

A Wisconsin woman who was fired in September 2008 for accessing her estranged son’s medical records was reinstated last month after an arbitrator deemed the punishment [...]

Aug 31, 2009 01:56 pm    |    posted by Meg Featheringham   |    HIPAAPrivacy and security
FTC Releases Breach Notification Rule

Yesterday HHS published its breach notification rule for HIPAA covered entities. Today the Federal Trade Commission’s rule appeared in print, making it official also. The FTC [...]

Aug 25, 2009 10:46 am    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    ARRAPersonal health recordsPrivacy and security
HHS Releases Breach Notification Rule

Last week the industry got an early look at the Department of Health and Human Service’s much-anticipated data breach notification rule. Today the rule was published [...]

Aug 24, 2009 06:10 pm    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    ARRAPrivacy and security
Funding Deadlines for Health IT Extension Centers

Update, September 2: HHS has posted new and revised program materials online: a transcript of its August 27 technical assistance conference, an FAQ, and a revised preliminary application [...]

Aug 24, 2009 12:40 pm    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    ARRAElectronic recordsHealth information exchangeWorkforce
ARRA Updates—Week of August 16

A flurry of ARRA-related activity this week, in part driven by some August 18 deadlines for the data breach notification provisions. The Federal Trade Commission and [...]

Aug 20, 2009 01:10 pm    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    ARRA
Early Notice on CER Funding

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will publish grant and contract solicitations for comparative effectiveness research in the fall, according to a notice in today’s Federal [...]

Aug 19, 2009 08:10 am    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    ARRA
Who Has Rights to a Deceased Patient’s Records?

[Editor's note, July 2010: The Office for Civil Rights has proposed modifications to HIPAA that would ease the release of deceased patient records.] A son calls [...]

Aug 04, 2009 08:02 pm    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    HIM operationsHIPAAPrivacy and security
ARRA Privacy Provisions Present IT Challenges

In the August print issue, Journal writer Chris Dimick describes the challenges California healthcare organizations face in determining their responsibilities under tough new state law on [...]

Aug 01, 2009 08:03 am    |    posted by Chris Dimick   |    ARRAElectronic recordsPrivacy and security

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