This is the second in a 4-part series on the HIPAA implications of Health Information Exchange (HIE). In the first installment, we reviewed the Community Chart Sharing approach. In this installment, we will review the point-to-point connection approach; in the 3rd installment we will review...

This is the first in a 4-part series on the HIPAA implications of Health Information Exchange (HIE). We will present a framework for understanding the different kinds of HIE in the first 3 of the series: (1) the community chart-sharing approach; (2) the point-to-point connection...

He’s called “the nation’s top health geek” and “Obama’s top health information technology guy” - Dr. Farzad Mostashari is leading the way to improve healthcare information technology in the United States as National Coordinator of Health IT for the U.S. Department of Health and Human...

Among the Eligible Professionals who are going for federal incentive payments for Meaningful Use, podiatrists rank high among early adopters. In a recent article describing this observation, an analysis of the very first Meaningful Use payments made in May showed that 12% of recipients were...

A little over a month from now, over 1,000 Practice Fusion users, health IT industry leaders and EMR evangelists will make their way down to the Bay Area to join us for the 2nd Annual Practice Fusion Connect conference! We’ve got a great line-up full...