Physician group practices installing their first electronic health records systems need to "create a culture that values privacy and security," EHR expert Margret Amatayakul says.
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Clinics implementing electronic health records for the first time can learn some valuable security lessons from physician group practices that have had EHRs in place for a while.
A panel advising federal regulators on how to govern health information exchanges that share electronic health records using national standards is seeking comments on whether an existing organization could handle the oversight role.
Only a few days remain to offer comments to two panels advising federal regulators on important issues that affect the privacy and security of electronic health records.
The privacy and security tiger team that's advising regulators about health information exchange issues is seeking comments on how to authenticate organizations exchanging electronic health records.
Organizations involved in exchanging electronic health records should provide patients with clear, brief notices about their data sharing policies, a privacy and security tiger team advising federal regulators says.
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Physician group practices installing their first electronic health records systems need to "create a culture that values privacy and security," EHR expert Margret Amatayakul says.
Hospitals and clinics need to take a methodical approach to privacy and security as they prepare to qualify for electronic health records incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid under the HITECH Act, security adviser Phyllis Patrick says.
Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs have formally launched "blue button" projects that enable patients to more easily download certain health information from secure websites.
The United States should look to the European Union for examples of how to successfully protect the privacy of patient information, the co-author of a new report on electronic health records says.
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