Privacy and Security, The Real HIPAA HIPAA Supports Electronic Exchange of Health Information at the Federal, State, and Local Level
Lucia Savage | January 11, 2017
Important work to ensure the health system is functioning properly is conducted by a wide variety of entities at the federal, state, and local level. These agencies may license health care professionals or health insurance companies, administer a state Medicaid program, monitor compliance and efficacy of health care programs, and even ensure individual civil rights related to how organizations use patients’ health information. This important work sometimes requires that the oversight agency receive health information about individuals,
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Privacy and Security A Road Map for States: Addressing Privacy and Policy Barriers to the Availability and Flow of Electronic Health Information
Lucia Savage | December 9, 2016
Data show that individuals expect to be able to access their health information, making it readily accessible and securely shared among their health care providers to support effective clinical decision-making. And here at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), we are committed to providing the electronic health information infrastructure to support the nation’s transition to a health system that rewards quality over quantity to achieve better care,
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Privacy and Security, The Real HIPAA How HIPAA Supports Public Health through the Sharing of Electronic Health Information
Lucia Savage | December 8, 2016
Electronic health records provide structured clinical data that help public health workers track, mitigate, and eliminate disease. They also offer us the opportunity to improve health across the country and address public health crises such as Zika, Ebola, lead poisoning, and natural disasters.
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Interoperability Highlighting a Way to Advance Interoperability and Reduce Costs for Lab Tests
Steven Posnack | November 18, 2016
Last year, Health Level Seven International (HL7) released an implementation guide that provides a standardized way to exchange the catalogs of (thousands) laboratory tests and services that a clinical laboratory can perform. We wanted to highlight the implementation guide’s potential to not only advance interoperability, but also to create cost savings and improve patient care.
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Health IT Safety Using EHRs to Make Medication Management Safer
Andrew Gettinger | November 17, 2016
With the rapid adoption of certified electronic health records (EHRs) and health information technology (health IT) tools, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has been working to help address concerns about the safe use of these tools, including issuing legislative proposals to better foster the flow of health information.
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