Australia considers huge fines for EHR snooping
How’s this for a deterrent against unauthorized snooping into patient EHRs? Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon recently proposed whopping fines of A$13,200 for individuals and A$66,000 for...
View ArticleYes, you do have a right to your health records
Lest anyone forget — including the American Hospital Association, which wants to take 30 days post-discharge to supply copies of medical records to patients — HIPAA explicitly gives patients the right...
View ArticleTop 10 things wrong with Fox News smear job on EHRs
Today, FoxNews.com published a hit job on health IT and EHRs in the guise of another hit job on Obamacare. I found out about it courtesy of this tweet: This story is crap- on so many levels...
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