The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has presented new plans strengthen security and cybersecurity efforts that will cost millions over the next year-and-a-half. Among the actions will be a request that citizens submit their experiences with EHRs to the ONC, so the office can better understand where the focus should be. The [...]
The long-awaited definition of “meaningful use” for electronic health records may soon become official as the Department of Health and Human Services sent a copy of the final rule on Monday to the Office of Management and Budget. Since the Office of the National Coordinator issued a certification program for EHRs, health care providers have [...]
DHS is publishing a report giving cyber experts an in-depth look at a botnet. The Navy is tweaking its social media policy. Cyber bodyguards are setting up in Switzerland. Google will update its social media network’s (Google Buzz) privacy. The Air Force is restricting BlackBerry use by service personnel. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon [...]
Writing on the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Health IT Buzz Blog, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology said that today’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) award of over $160 million in federal funds for “meaningful use” of health IT was “a key step” toward establishing a national Health Information Exchange. He [...]
iHealthBeat reports that National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal announced yesterday the release of the long-awaited Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the electronic health record (EHR) certification process. The NPRM for EHR certification is available here. Earlier in the day at the Health Information Management and System Society (HIMSS) convention, Jodi Daniel, director [...]
