The progression of EHR adoption across US healthcare settings has witnessed a major development with a proposal being set forth in the US House of Representatives recently.

FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) differ in terms of the kind of information they aim to protect and this can create som

The adoption of Electronic Medical Record or EMR in the niche of Dermatology is underway.

The FERPA or Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a federal law that aims to protect the integrity of student records across the United States.

Under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, covered entities are obliged to observe proper methods of disposing protected health information (PHI), of any form.

The Interim Final Rule for Breach Notification for unsecured Protected Health Information was published on August 24, 2009 in the Federal Register and it was effective from on September 23, 2009.

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The Obama administration provided further impetus to the initiative of upgrading physical medical records into the electronic format by easing conditions set forth for healthcare institutions and phys

There are various views regarding the President Obama’s ability to ensure that all medical records in the United States are converted into the electronic format by 2014 but there is no denying the fac

The New Jersey Health Information Exchange Project was presented on behalf of the community of New Jersey. Along with this a grant program was also submitted.