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Privacy and Security Seeking Your Input: Personal Representatives and V, D, & T
Deven McGraw | February 3, 2014
The Health IT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security Tiger Team is considering potential privacy and security policy issues that could arise when a family member, friend or legal designee is given access to patient information through the Certified EHR Technology “view/download/transmit” (V/D/T) capabilities.
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Meaningful Use Get the facts regarding view, download and transmit 2014 requirements
Rebecca Mitchell Coelius | January 31, 2014
As the Medical Officer for Innovation at the ONC and a proud member of the Blue Button team, I am working hard to understand the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the implementation of patient engagement functionality in EHRs, including new requirements that a certain percentage of patients view, download and transmit their health data in 2014.
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From the ONC Desk ONC and West Health to talk interoperability at HCI-DC on February 6
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | January 30, 2014
Last week, more than 1,000 ONC grantees and stakeholders gathered in Washington, D.C. for ONC’s Annual Meeting. It was largely my first opportunity to meet the many ONC partners committed to advancing the promise of health information technology to improve the value of care and improve health.
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Local Implementation Support The ONC Resource Repository and the top 10 downloads from HealthIT.gov
Mat Kendall | January 22, 2014
Healthcare providers are a diverse group. Solutions that work for a critical access hospital will probably not work for a small practice, and that’s ok. What is important is that the various solutions to help you implement health IT will work in your practice setting.
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Beacon Communities Using Health IT to Support Children’s Health: Lessons Learned from the Beacon Communities
Dr. Barbara Yawn | January 21, 2014
When the Beacon Program began in 2010, ONC asked that each of us take steps to align our health IT investments with the top population health priorities for our community. Along with several other Beacon Communities, we in Southeast Minnesota selected children’s health, with a clinical focus on pediatric asthma.
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