February 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services received reports of 36 large-scale privacy breaches in the last months of 2009 and early 2010. The department has [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the first group of regional extension centers today, part of nearly $1 billion in awards made for health [...]
On January 1, 2009, the nation’s toughest breach notification law took effect in California, where providers were required to report any breach of protected health information [...]
Provisions within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act extend HIPAA’s accounting of disclosure regulations for providers who maintain electronic health records. The provisions are intended to [...]
In September 2009 the Department of Health and Human Services released an interim final rule describing a covered entity’s responsibilities to notify victims of a breach [...]
The February cover story examines the patient-centered movement and how it will affect HIM’s operations and culture. Other feature stories report on the benefits of including transcription in EHR [...]
