Image via Wikipedia The ONC released an eight page operating plan and timetable for itself and other federal agencies for issuing reports, rules and guidelines for federal healthcare IT programs under the stimulus act. The document fails, however, to provide a definition of “meaningful use” of electronic health-record systems or a deadline when that definition might be [...]
Experts say HIT Standards must include privacy safeguards
May 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia The Obama administration’s drive to implement electronic health records (EHRs) should have strong identity management tools to ensure privacy and security of the records, members of a panel of providers, vendors and policy experts said today. The coming health information technology policies and standards are to include protections for patient [...]
