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Friday, February 03, 2006 - Posts

• Docs Seeking Payment Boost for Using E-Health Records

  The American College of Physicians (ACP) is calling for Medicare to reimburse primary care physicians for using electronic health records and communicating with patients via e-mail and telephone, according to this article on "Government Health IT." Medicare Read More posted Friday, February 03, 2006 10:39 AM by admin | 0 Comments

• Health IT May Reduce Medicaid Costs

  "Government Health IT" published an article on January 25, 2006, reporting that the Center for Health Transformation, an advocate group in Washington DC, told the Medicaid Commission that "technologies are available that can deliver markedly better Read More posted Friday, February 03, 2006 10:21 AM by admin | 0 Comments

• Theft of 365,000 Patient Files Shines the Spotlight on Privacy and Security

  An article in the January 27, 2006 "The Oregonian" revealed that 365,000 digital files containing copies of patient records for emergency backup were stolen out of a health system employee's car, stirring privacy advocates, legal authorities, and patients Read More posted Friday, February 03, 2006 10:08 AM by admin | 0 Comments

• The State of HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance

  This survey, published in April 2005 by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), was released in conjunction with the second annual National Health Information Privacy and Security Week, April 10-16, 2005, to raise awareness among Read More posted Friday, February 03, 2006 9:58 AM by admin | 0 Comments