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By Ron Nelson For years, HIPAA insisted on data privacy and security protections—and for years, those same requirements were ignored with relative impunity. Last year’s ...
Read More »AMA: New Policy for Docs' Use of Social Media
Millions of Americans use social networks and blogs to communicate, but when those users are physicians, challenges to the patient-physician relationship can arise. New policy ...
Read More »UGH!!! How Do I Get “Meaningful Use?” And What is a “REC?”
By Alan Lyndon Meaningful Use; Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Regional Extension Centers….Physicians didn’t sign up ...
Read More »Sharing is Caring: New Medical Social Network Sharecare Debuts
By Brad Broker As if there weren’t enough websites offering medical advice, along comes a high-profile, well-funded new site that will surely result in more ...
Read More »ONC Announces EHRs Approved for Meaningful Use
If you’re in the market for an EHR system, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) — this is the division ...
Read More »New Website by Docs Shows Data on Treatment Outcomes
A new medical website — TheNNT.com — explains to patients and physicians how well a particular treatment or medicine is likely to work based on ...
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