Tech Policy for Startups: Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
As part of our Tech Policy for Startups program, we’ve put together a brief of the basics of Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Read MoreAs part of our Tech Policy for Startups program, we’ve put together a brief of the basics of Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Read More“Cloud computing” – outsourcing core infrastructural computing functions to dedicated providers – holds great promise for health care. It can result in more flexible, powerful, and reliable health information services for providers large and small. There are a number of basic questions health care providers might ask when considering cloud computing: What is it? Why would a…
Read MoreRecent revelations about the activities of the National Security Agency (NSA) and their secret surveillance programs have raised a number of serious concerns for health policy makers and practitioners. What are the implications of these surveillance programs in terms of access to medical records and information? Can the government and law enforcement officials freely access identifiable health information in the name of national security?
Read MoreCDT supports the use of electronic health records by health care providers and by patients to improve individual and population health. However, federal incentives to promote electronic records must be accompanied by strong privacy and security policies and technical safeguards. To be eligible for financial incentives, health care providers should be required to demonstrate compliance with strong baseline privacy and…
Read MoreWe are at an important juncture in the effort to build a health care ecosystem powered by information technology. The nation is at the beginning of a five-year commitment to achieve widespread adoption and use of electronic medical records by health care providers. The health care system suffers from unsustainable costs and uneven or poor quality, and increased digitization and more robust sharing of health information is widely seen as key to reversing these trends.
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