Download or read book HHS s efforts to promote health information technology and legal barriers to its adoption written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book HHS s Efforts to Promote Health Information Technology and Legal Barriers to Its Adoption written by Janet Heinrich and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book HHS s Efforts to Promote Health Information Technology and Legal Barriers to Its Adoption written by Janet Heinrich and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gao 04 991r Hhs s Efforts to Promote Health Information Technology and Legal Barriers to Its Adoption written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-04-991R HHS's Efforts to Promote Health Information Technology and Legal Barriers to Its Adoption
Download or read book Health Information Technology written by Valerie C. Melvin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although advances in information tech. (IT) can improve the quality and other aspects of health care, the electronic storage and exchange of personal health information introduces risks to the privacy of that information. In Jan. 2007, there was a report on the status of efforts by the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure the privacy of personal health information exchanged within a nationwide health information network. It was recommended that HHS define and implement an overall privacy approach for protecting that information. This report provides an update on HHS¿s efforts to address the Jan. 2007 recommendation. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Update on the Adoption of Health Information Technology and Related Efforts to Facilitate the Use and Exchange of Heath Information written by United States Government and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To accelerate the use of health information technology (IT), Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The HITECH Act authorized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide financial incentives to eligible hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and eligible professionals to adopt and meaningfully use certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to improve patient care.1 The HITECH Act also authorized the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to establish and administer programs to guide physicians, hospitals, and other key entities as they adopt and meaningfully use certified EHR technology as established in subsequent federal regulations. Section 13113(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 under Title XIII of Division A, part of the HITECH Act requires a book to be submitted to Congress no later than two years after the enactment of the law, and annually thereafter. The Secretary of Health and Human Services submitted the first book on January 17, 2012. This book is the annual update to the previous submission. This book provides: (1) updates on the adoption of health IT; (2) efforts of CMS and ONC to facilitate nationwide adoption and exchange of electronic health information; and, (3) identification and discussion of barriers to the adoption and exchange of electronic clinical data and how ONC's programs are addressing those barriers.
Download or read book Health Information Technology written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As GAO and others have reported, the use of information technology (IT) has enormous potential to improve the quality of health care and is critical to improving the performance of the U.S. health care system. Given the federal government's role in providing health care in the U.S., it has been urged to take a leadership role in driving change to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care, including the adoption of IT. In April 2004, President Bush called for widespread adoption of interoperable electronic health records within 10 years and issued an executive order that established the position of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. A National Coordinator within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was appointed in May 2004 and released a framework for strategic action two months later. In May 2005, GAO recommended that HHS establish detailed plans and milestones for each phase of the framework and take steps to ensure that its plans are followed and milestones are met. GAO was asked to identify progress made by HHS toward
Download or read book Health Information Technology written by David A Powner (au) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Information Technology Federal Agencies Experiences Demonstrate Challenges to Successful Implementation written by Valerie C. Melvin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of information tech. (IT) has enormous potential to help improve the quality of health care and is important for improving the performance of the U.S. health care system. Given its role in providing health care, the fed. govt. has been urged to take a leadership role to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care, and it has been working to promote the nationwide use of health IT for a number of years. However, achieving widespread adoption and implementation of health IT has proven challenging, and the best way to accomplish this transition remains subject to much debate. This testimony discusses important issues that have broad relevance to the successful implementation of health IT to improve the quality of health care. Illustrations.
Download or read book Health Information Technology Initial Set of Standards Implementation Specifications and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Us Department of Health and Human Services Regulation Hhs 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Information Technology - Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Health Information Technology - Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this interim final rule with a request for comments to adopt an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria, as required by section 3004(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. This interim final rule represents the first step in an incremental approach to adopting standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria to enhance the interoperability, functionality, utility, and security of health information technology and to support its meaningful use. The certification criteria adopted in this initial set establish the capabilities and related standards that certified electronic health record (EHR) technology will need to include in order to, at a minimum, support the achievement of the proposed meaningful use Stage 1 (beginning in 2011) by eligible professionals and eligible hospitals under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. This book contains: - The complete text of the Health Information Technology - Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act written by American Dental Association and published by American Dental Association. This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Section 1557 is the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This brief guide explains Section 1557 in more detail and what your practice needs to do to meet the requirements of this federal law. Includes sample notices of nondiscrimination, as well as taglines translated for the top 15 languages by state.
Download or read book Fourth in a Series on Health Care Information Technology written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Care Information Technology written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report to Congress April 2015 written by United States Department of Health and H and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report responds to Congress's request for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to produce a report on the extent of health information blocking and a comprehensive strategy to address it. An examination of these issues is both timely and warranted. Since the enactment of the HITECH Act and subsequent legislation, the federal government has invested over $28 billion to accelerate the development and adoption of health information technology (health IT). The purpose of these efforts is to enable an interoperable learning health system-one in which electronic health information is available and can be securely and efficiently shared, when and where it is needed, to support patient-centered care, enhance health care quality and efficiency, and advance research and public health. While many stakeholders are committed to achieving this vision, current economic and market conditions create business incentives for some persons and entities to exercise control over electronic health information in ways that unreasonably limit its availability and use. Indeed, complaints and other evidence described in this report suggest that some persons and entities are interfering with the exchange or use of electronic health information in ways that frustrate the goals of the HITECH Act and undermine broader health care reforms. These concerns likely will become more pronounced as both expectations and the technological capabilities for electronic health information exchange continue to evolve and mature. As more fully defined in this report, information blocking occurs when persons or entities knowingly and unreasonably interfere with the exchange or use of electronic health information. This report provides principled and practical criteria for identifying such conduct and distinguishing it from other barriers to interoperability and health information exchange. It also examines the nature and extent of information blocking, based on available evidence and the accumulated industry knowledge and experience of ONC. While the evidence is in some respects limited, there is little doubt that information blocking is occurring and that it is interfering with the exchange of electronic health information. ONC believes that information blocking is best addressed through a combination of targeted actions aimed at deterring and remedying information blocking, and broader strategies and approaches that engage the larger context in which information blocking occurs. This report details actions that ONC is currently taking or has proposed to take, in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal agencies, to target and address information blocking. While important, these actions alone will not provide a complete solution to the information blocking problem. Indeed, a key finding of this report is that many types of information blocking are beyond the reach of current federal law and programs to address. Thus a comprehensive approach will require overcoming significant gaps in current knowledge, programs, and authorities that limit the ability of ONC and other federal agencies to effectively target, deter, and remedy this conduct, even though it frustrates the important public policy of enabling electronic health information to flow in support of patients and improvements in health and health care.
Download or read book Health Information Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Information technology Efforts Continue but Comprehensive Privacy Approach Needed for National Strategy written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book For the Record written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-07-09 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you visit the doctor, information about you may be recorded in an office computer. Your tests may be sent to a laboratory or consulting physician. Relevant information may be transmitted to your health insurer or pharmacy. Your data may be collected by the state government or by an organization that accredits health care or studies medical costs. By making information more readily available to those who need it, greater use of computerized health information can help improve the quality of health care and reduce its costs. Yet health care organizations must find ways to ensure that electronic health information is not improperly divulged. Patient privacy has been an issue since the oath of Hippocrates first called on physicians to "keep silence" on patient matters, and with highly sensitive dataâ€"genetic information, HIV test results, psychiatric recordsâ€"entering patient records, concerns over privacy and security are growing. For the Record responds to the health care industry's need for greater guidance in protecting health information that increasingly flows through the national information infrastructureâ€"from patient to provider, payer, analyst, employer, government agency, medical product manufacturer, and beyond. This book makes practical detailed recommendations for technical and organizational solutions and national-level initiatives. For the Record describes two major types of privacy and security concerns that stem from the availability of health information in electronic form: the increased potential for inappropriate release of information held by individual organizations (whether by those with access to computerized records or those who break into them) and systemic concerns derived from open and widespread sharing of data among various parties. The committee reports on the technological and organizational aspects of security management, including basic principles of security; the effectiveness of technologies for user authentication, access control, and encryption; obstacles and incentives in the adoption of new technologies; and mechanisms for training, monitoring, and enforcement. For the Record reviews the growing interest in electronic medical records; the increasing value of health information to providers, payers, researchers, and administrators; and the current legal and regulatory environment for protecting health data. This information is of immediate interest to policymakers, health policy researchers, patient advocates, professionals in health data management, and other stakeholders.
