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Interoperability: Best Practices in Patient Amendments to Protected Health Information

MRO Compliance

Since April 2003, patients have had the right to request amendments to protected health information (PHI) contained within the designated record maintained by a covered entity (CE) or its business associates. Interoperability: Best Practices in Patient Amendments to Protected Health Information. June 6, 2022. Journal of AHIMA.

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Four Takeaways from 23rd Population Health Colloquium: Two Decades of Progress

HealthIT Answers

By Beth Friedman - The “population health” movement began two decades ago and the term was solidified in 2003. Population health has come a long way these past two decades.

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Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data

Healthcare It News

Since 2003 the NCI's Health Information National Trends Survey has collected nationally representative data about the American public’s knowledge of, attitudes toward and use of health-related information in an effort to create more effective health communication strategies across different populations. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Reader Offer: Free Annual HIPAA Risk Assessment

HIPAA Journal

Covered Entities like medical practices and Business Associates like IT providers are required conduct a HIPAA risk assessment by the 2003 HIPAA Security Rule (45 CFR § 164.308 – Security Management Process) and HITECH Act 2009. HIPAA Journal has partnered with The Compliancy Group to offer its readers a free annual HIPAA Risk Assessment.

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ECHO Model Proven Effective for Improving Diabetes Care in Rural Areas

HIT Consultant

A Proven Model for Knowledge Dissemination Since its inception in 2003, the ECHO Model has been successfully used to disseminate knowledge in rural and underserved communities. Backed by over 600 peer-reviewed research papers, Project ECHO is making a tangible difference in healthcare access and outcomes around the world.

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Combating the spread of Coronavirus in China through continuous temperature monitoring

Mobi Health News

Modeled after the previous SARS outbreak in 2003, SPHCC contains special wards designed to limit cross infection and to provide more efficient treatments. SPHCC is designated as the primary treatment center in Shanghai, and confirmed patients from area hospitals are also sent to the SPHCC for quarantine and treatment.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Surge Invests in Elite Clinical Network

McGuire Wood

ECN , founded in 2003 and based in Las Vegas, is a network of pharmaceutical research sites throughout California, Arizona and Nevada. Surge Private Equity has announced it has invested in Elite Clinical Network (ECN) in a transaction valued at around $200 million.

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