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In late June, it was reported that the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was bringing suit against the Rhode Island Department of Health, claiming that the rules adopted by DOH to establish a statewide HIE do not go far enough, nor are they explicit enough, to protect patient privacy. In its suit, the ACLU asks the Rhode Island State Superior Court to declare the rules made public by the DOH “incomplete and not compliant with HIE requirements.”
I had planned on including an expanded version of my June 5th post (HI(TECH) Anxiety) in the upcoming edition of SRS’ QuickHITs monthly newsletter. So in doing some additional research, I came across some interesting websites and facts that I thought I would share with www.healthsystemcio.com readers. First of all, the readership of www.healthsystemcio.com not […]
Here we are, just 15 months after HITECH’s enactment and the government’s “full court press” to drive HIT adoption is in full swing. The dizzying pace of events over just these past three months has been enough to take one’s breath away. So let’s pause for a moment, take a deep breath, recap some relevant […]
Health Affairs recently published an interesting article that may have gone unnoticed by many in the industry. The article, entitled “Mixed Results in the Safety Performance of Computerized Physician Order Entry”, was authored by Jane Metzger and Dr. David Classen of CSC, Dr. David Bates and Stuart Lipsitz, of Partners Healthcare, and Emily Welebob, a […]
News related to the exchange of health information and the entities that facilitate that exchange continue to dominate the headlines. And for good reason. Access to a comprehensive view of a patient’s health information across encounters and providers is widely seen as one of the most important contributors to the Obama administration’s goals of improving […]
