Is my health data safe on the Internet? That is a question we hear frequently when describing web-based Electronic Health Record(EHR) systems, as well as the newly evolving field of mobile health (mHealth) applications. Privacy and security of health information is a central plank in...

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...

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...

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT is trying to develop a more adequate method of documenting patient consent, when it comes to sharing and forwarding health information from one party to another, in the age of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). The...