CMS Provides Meaningful Use Resource for Specialists
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognizes that its EHR Incentive Programs are not one-size-fits-all. As such, the agency recently updated a fact sheet that gives specialty providers tips on how to successfully meet meaningful use measure requirements.
New HIPAA Requirements Complicate Compliance
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released what one department official describes as “the most sweeping changes to the [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)] Privacy and Security Rules since they were first implemented.”
How HIPAA Final Rule and Meaningful Use Could Drive Data Security
The enhanced set of protections finalized in the omnibus HIPAA privacy and security rule now becomes the new baseline for anyone who handles health information. It doesn’t change meaningful use requirements, but experts say combined, the two may drive more providers to protect patient data.
Physician EHRs Emerge as Hot Advertising Venue for Drugs
Increased use of cloud-based health information technology systems is presenting opportunities for marketers to deliver point-of-care messaging tailored to prescribers and their patients.
Japanese Researchers Grow Kidney Tissue from Stem Cells
The breakthrough is promising news for people undergoing dialysis while awaiting donor kidneys. The tissue could one day help ailing kidneys regenerate themselves.
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