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The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom. TEFCA like health information networks (HINs) bring non-HIPAA entities (no direct/indirect healthcare service operations) but at a large scale and with broader coverage.

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To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom? The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others.

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Concerns and Uncertainty In the Wake of Sweeping HTI-1 Rule

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Stephanie Jamison, Executive Committee Chair and Public Policy Leadership Workgroup Vice Chair, EHR Association. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ann Krutsko, Healthcare IT Researcher at ScienceSoft In healthcare, working with inaccurate patient data is a dangerous game. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems.

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The EHR and the Future of Telehealth

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Khalid Al-Maskari, CEO and founder, Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) Telehealth has been a hot topic during COVID-19, but the technology powering virtual care consultations has been around for more than half a decade. […].

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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the second in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. For more information on how to prepare for the ONC HTI-1 rule , read the first article in our Regulatory Talk series.

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CMS Issues E-Prescribing Final Rule: Quick Takeaways in a No-Slowing-Down Reg Cycle – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the fourth in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Given the long gap since the last update, EHR vendors may need to make extensive upgrades, and IT teams will require extra time to adapt to both existing and new standards.

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