Eric Liederman of Kaiser Permanente gave an interesting talk at HIMSS11 on protecting privacy without harming patients.  It is not uncommon for many audit trails to be full of non-essential information and not helpful in investigating security and privacy breaches.  The HIPAA Security Rule requires, among other things, a security risk analysis and the implementation of…

At HIMSS11, NCQA presented a session on the NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Standards and its alignment with meaningful use.  It also advocates the use of electronic health records in implementing its PCMH model and that it would assist providers in achieving meaningful use.  NCQA recently released its 2011 PCMH model as of January 31, 2011.…

PA REACH West and East have recently announced that they are, at the present time, offering no-cost assistance to physician practices for participating in their program.  Benefits include selecting the EHR solution for your practice (which is certified under the meaningful use program), training your staff on the EHR solution, helping your practice achieve meaningful use…