California HIE Demonstration Projects to Move Ahead with Opt-In Framework This past Wednesday, the California Office of Health Information Integrity (CalOHII) released a comprehensive whitepaper examining patient consent and other HIE framework efforts for entities participating in the...
Federal Government Releases Updated DURSA for NHIN Participants An Amended and Restated DURSA dated May 3, 2011 was released November 30, 2011. The DURSA is an acronym for the “Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement.” It is a comprehensive agreement to govern the exchange of health...
This article discusses generally certain legal and other challenges that networked HIE presents, as well as the effort of one HIE initiative that is looking to implement a technical solution to “segment” sensitive data and place it behind additional technological safeguards.
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Uncertainty in Federal Budget Prompts Kansas to Return .5M Early Innovator Grant On Tuesday, August 9th, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced that Kansas would be returning $31.5M in federal grant money awarded to it from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). There is...
HITPC Releases Tiger Team EHR Amendment/Correction Recommendations The ONC Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) released the Privacy & Security Tiger Team (Tiger Team) recommendations concerning amendments and corrections to electronic medical records (EMRs) in a...
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HHS Announces Proposed Rules for Health Insurance Exchanges In a Press Release posted yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a framework to assist states in building Affordable Insurance Exchanges, state-based competitive marketplaces where...
Maine Reverts Back to Opt-Out Approach for HIE In my previous post (April 26, 2011), I discussed legislation proposed by privacy advocates in Maine which would require, among other things, that patients “opt-in” before any information could be collected, accessed or disclosed through...
One NJ HIE pilot is testing “plug in” software that scans data residing in the HIE repository and “tags” it where certain terms are found which correspond to rules developed around state and federal laws restricting access to such information unless certain pre-conditions have been met, such as the patient giving prior written consent. Once identified, the tagged data element, or document if it is not a discrete data segment, is removed from viewing, but leaving a “flag” noting that certain information is incomplete and that additional requirements need to be met before it can be accessed i.e., the patient’s affirmative consent has been obtained.
Maine Considers Opt-In Requirement for HIEs New legislation has been proposed by privacy advocates in Maine that would govern how patient information is shared through the statewide HIE, HealthInfoNet. LD 1337, which is entitled “The Act to Ensure Patient Privacy and Control with...
Kansas Aligns State Privacy Laws with HIPAA as HIE Standard Today, the State of Kansas’ Senate committee approved (by a vote of 39-0) Senate Bill 133 to align the state’s privacy laws with HIPAA. The Kansas Health Information Exchange, Inc. (the state’s RHIO) testified before the Senate...
ONC Announces Launch of “Direct Project” Pilots In a Press Release posted today, February 2nd, ONC announced that providers and public health agencies in Minnesota and Rhode Island began this month exchanging health information using specifications developed by the Direct Project, which...
HHS Announces New Funding to Help States Implement Affordable Care Act Posted today on HHS’ Website: Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new funding opportunity for grants to help states continue their work to implement a key provision of the...
ACO Pilots for New Jersey — Will they “fly”? The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) brought together several distinguished experts to discuss the development of and implications for the new accountable care organization (ACO) models and rules being established on a...