Author: Sweet, David A.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2008

Participating automotive manufacturers plan to introduce a voluntary, nationwide database designed to put emergency contact information for motor vehicle owners in the hands of emergency responders quickly, dramatically reducing the time it takes to identify accident victims and notify their e....

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2008

There is a gold rush in personal health records. Or at least on paper.

Over the last two years, a wave of companies not typically associated with health information exchange have rounded up their technological wagons and headed out into the PHR frontier looking for profit and a chanc....

Author: Gorton, Elisa R.; Lantis, James R. Jr.; Lemery, Chrisann

Source: External - used with permission

Publication Date: May 07, 2008

Health care providers have begun to raise concerns regarding what they perceive to be conflicts between requests for information, using language such as "any and all", and the HIPAA mandate to provide only the "minimum necessary." (Health Plan & Provider Report, BNA)

Author: Rollins, Gina

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2008

Contractors in the NHIN trial implementations are working toward a demonstration of a “network of networks” this fall. Along the way they are generating specifications and refining issues.

In October 2007 the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator f....

Author: Dierker, Lynn

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2008

Operating between community efforts and a nationwide health data network, statewide public-private partnerships are showing unique potential to advance interoperability and promote effective governance.

The early proliferation of health data-sharing networks produced numerous config....

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2008

Banking health data like a financial transaction is the simplest solution to healthcare’s networking challenges says William Yasnoff, founder of the Health Record Banking Alliance.

There are a lot of plans for regional and, eventually, nationwide health information exchange, b....

Author: Giokas, Dennis

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2008

The goal of Canada Health Infoway, the corporation fostering and facilitating the development of an interoperable electronic health record (EHR), is to provide all Canadians with a secure and private lifetime record of their health history and care. The record is available electronically to au....

Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: April 24, 2008

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2008

Last year federally funded research documented the privacy and security barriers to health information exchange. Now HISPC moves into its next phase, seeking common practices that enable confidential, secure, and timely cooperation.

Individualism is a cherished American institution.....

Author: Cassidy, Bonnie S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2008

Preparing for HIPAA implementation created a new level of excitement and focus on privacy and confidentiality as healthcare organizations developed appropriate compliance programs. New positions and roles for security and privacy officers were created; new enterprise privacy and security educa....