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• AHLA: EHR, HIE and PHR Legal Liability Task Force

  Today I participated in the first call of the American Health Lawyers Association's Task Force on Electronic Health Records and Legal Liability.The task force will focus its efforts on the legal liabilities associated with Electronic…

• A 1930 Medical Record

  I was recently in my hometown of New Martinsville visiting my dad, a retired family physician. When I arrived he had waiting for me a copy of one of my grandfather's medical records from the…

• Visualizing HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act

  Below is a visual of the top 500 words used in HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act. Since most people (including many of our representatives in Washington) haven't read all 1,990 pages of…

• Federal Advisory Committee Blog (FACA Blog)

  The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) has launched a new blog called the Federal Advisory Committee Blog (FACA Blog).The initial post by Judy Sparrow discusses that the FACA Blog will…

• West Virginia H1N1 (Swine) Flu Resource Center

  The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) unveiled a website for sharing information and updates specific to West Virginia about the H1N1 Flu also known as Swine Flu. The website has information…

• HIPAA Enforcement Meets HITECH: HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement Rule

  On October 30, 2009, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement Interim Final Rule, 45 CFR Part 160 (74 Federal Register 56123, October 30, 2009).This…

• Congressional Members Concerned About HHS Inclusion of "Harm Standard" In Breach Notification Rule

  Members of the U.S. House of Representative submitted an October 1, 2009 letter of concern to Secretary Sebelius and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning inclusion of a "harm standard" in the…

• ARRA - HITECH: Health Care Information Breach Notification Regulations Now In Effect

  Have you had a health data security breach? Do you know what a health data breach is? Are you required to notify individuals impacted by the breach? Do you have to notify federal agencies of…

• Create WV Conference 2009: A personal invitation to attend . . .

  Over the last few years I have been involved in Create West Virginia, an organization affiliated with Vision Shared whose mission to create and stimulate new economy growth and empower West Virginians to grow creative…

• West Virginia's Statewide Health Information Technology Strategic Plan

  Over the past several months I have been involved with a group in developing West Virginia's statewide strategic plan for health information technology.The final draft of the West Virginia Health Information Technology Statewide Strategic Plan,…