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The 300 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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A consortium of privacy supporting organizations and individuals, the Texas-based Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, Microsoft Corp. and consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers have developed what they're calling a “trust framework” for health information technology systems.
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Professionally speaking, I am a connoisseur of a certain kind of crankiness.I like to listen to people who don't like the deal we've been handed and are willing to grump about it.
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The first-ever penalties stemming from enforcement of the breach-notification rule in the 2009 stimulus law are drawing mixed reviews from data-privacy advocates, who say federal regulators' $1.5 million settlement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee seems unlikely to halt healthcare...
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The first-ever penalties stemming from enforcement of the HITECH Act's breach-notification rule are drawing mixed reviews from data-privacy advocates, who say federal regulators' $1.5 million settlement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee seems unlikely to halt healthcare companies' lax...
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HHS officials are mulling whether to extend federal certification of electronic health records to long-term-care settings, as well as requiring public price lists for EHRs.
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The nation's political forces are bitterly divided over issues ranging from raising the country's debt ceiling to the use of energy-efficient light bulbs, so it's no surprise that the government's role in healthcare is also the source of intense debate.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People includes 27 newcomers as well as 10 honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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In a new statement of strategy, HHS' outgoing top official over health information technology went so far as to say the government considers the area “the lifeblood of modern healthcare.”
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Is the primary federal privacy law up to the task of protecting patient information in the 21st century?
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