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HHS Releases Health Record Guide

by paulc | Apr 4, 2018 | Health IT

Health and Human Services has released a new guide on how to get and use your health record information. Be sure to check out the HIPAA quiz at the bottom of the page....

Issues with EHR’s

by Paul | Mar 9, 2018 | Health IT

Here’s an article by former National Coordinator David Blumenthal. And here’s another good...

Interoperability and Patient Identifiers

by Paul | Dec 22, 2017 | Health IT

Interesting article attributing patient identification problems to interoperability and integration. Too true. In Alaska we used an MDM solution from #Visionware to reconcile client identifiers across multiple systems in Health and Social Services. This allowed staff...

ONC Releases API Tutorial

by Paul | Dec 11, 2017 | Health IT

Here’s a great explanation of API usage in healthcare.

Orion Health and Precision Driven Medicine release microbiome report

by Paul | Dec 8, 2017 | Health IT

Very interesting report on the link between an individual’s microbiome and their mental health. Well worth the read.

Patient Data Access

by Paul | Jun 5, 2015 | Health IT

Sign the patient data access petition at getmyhealthdata.org

Consumers demand electronic access to health data

by Paul | May 10, 2015 | Health IT

Help the National Association of Trusted Exchanges (NATE), National Partnership for Women & Families, Health Data Consortium and Genetic Alliance demonstrate consumer demand for access to their health data. Sign the petition...

News for Alaska Veterans

by Paul | Mar 4, 2015 | Health IT

Alaska veterans who receive care from providers who are members of the Alaska statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE), Alaska eHealth Network did you know that you can ask hour provider to send your record of care to your iBlueButton app on your smartphone? The...

Great article on Health IT needs for for disaster response

by Paul | Oct 22, 2014 | Health IT

Here is an article I really enjoyed.

BlueButton for Veterans

by Paul | Sep 15, 2014 | Health IT

Veterans have the ability to download their health data to several Personal Health Records. Both the Humetrix iBlueButton application and the Microsoft HealthVault web site are free to veterans and have the ability to consume health data from the MyHealtheVet web site...