Interoperability Bridging the Healthcare Digital Divide: Improving Connectivity Among Medicaid Providers
Andy Slavitt | March 2, 2016
The great promise of technology is to bring information to our fingertips, connect us to one another, improve our productivity, and create a platform for the next generation of innovations.. Technology, when widely distributed and available, enables providers to improve patient care by distributing information and best practices and leading to better experiences of care for individuals in the health care system. And technology can make a significant difference in the rapidly modernizing Medicaid program.
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Interoperability, Techlab Investing in the Future: New Market-Ready, User-Friendly Health Technology App and Infrastructure Support
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | March 1, 2016
As a health care consumer, imagine if you were able to choose a software application (app) to create a secure snapshot of your health information, like pictures that extend over the course of your lifetime. Similarly, imagine as a health care provider if you could find apps uniquely tailored to your specialty or role on the care team and that provide the health information you need in a way that is safe, secure, intuitive, and actionable.
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From the ASTP Desk Report to Congress on Health IT Progress
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | February 29, 2016
Today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued its annual report to Congress on health IT progress. Developing this report provided us with an opportunity to reflect on our collective health IT journey and the significance of the past year for HHS and our federal and private partners.
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Privacy and Security Keeping Consumers in the Know: Help Us Update the Model Privacy Notice
Thomas A. Mason | February 26, 2016
As ever more sophisticated retail health technology – like exercise trackers, wearable health technologies, or mobile applications that help individuals monitor various body measurements – comes into widespread use, it is increasingly important for consumers to be aware of companies’ privacy and security policies, including data sharing practices.
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Privacy and Security, The Real HIPAA The Real HIPAA: Quality Assessment/Quality Improvement and Population-Based Activities Examples
Aja Brooks | February 25, 2016
Welcome to the fourth and final blog post in our series on how HIPAA supports interoperability. In the previous installments, we provided practical examples and illustrations that show how Health Care Operations Permitted Uses and Disclosures apply to covered entities. In this post, we pick up where we left off and provide examples of how HIPAA supports exchange of electronic health information for Quality Assessment/Quality Improvement and Population-Based Activities.
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