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Information Blocking Supporting Information Privacy for Patients, Now and Always: Four Reminders of How HHS Information Blocking Regulations Recognize Privacy Rules
Micky Tripathi | May 13, 2024
On April 22, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a final rule, entitled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. HHS issued this final rule after hearing from communities that changes were needed to better protect patient confidentiality and prevent medical records from being used against people for providing or obtaining lawful reproductive health care. The final rule strengthens the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by prohibiting the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) where the PHI is sought for use against any person for merely seeking,
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Health IT Navigating Healthcare Transformation: A Nurse’s Perspective on ONC’s HTI-1 Final Rule
Melinda (Mindy) Kidder | May 6, 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of health care, nurses are at the forefront of patient care, witnessing firsthand the impact of transformative initiatives and regulatory updates. ONC’s HTI-1 final rule is a catalyst for change, ushering in a new era for health IT. In this blog post, we take a look from a nursing perspective at the promises, challenges, and potential HTI-1 implementation holds for patient care.
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Health IT ONC’s Journey Chairing the Global Digital Health Partnership in 2022 and 2023
Aisha Hasan | May 2, 2024
Many digital health leaders in governments internationally face the same types of challenges that we do here in the United States (US). Despite differences in care delivery and payment models, countries around the world are focused on advancing interoperability, galvanizing patient-centered care, empowering individuals, reducing administrative burden for clinicians, and improving the safety, quality, and effectiveness of the health care that’s delivered to their populations.
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ONC at 20 ONC @ 20: Celebrating the People
Lisa Lewis Person | May 1, 2024
ONC is more than an organization; it is a movement with a clear vision for all Americans to have better health enabled by data. ONC joined the health IT revolution when it was established by Executive Order on April 27, 2004. Let’s celebrate 20 years of progress in transforming American health care delivery!
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Health IT, ONC at 20 ONC @ 20: A Tale of Optimism and Humility
Steven Posnack | April 26, 2024
Hey class, it’s time to jump in the Wayback Machine. In this case, I literally had to use the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to rummage for this post’s content in honor of ONC’s 20th anniversary.
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