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HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Fox Rothschild to Participate at NIST and CMS Security Rule Conference
As HITECH refocuses the health care industry’s attention on security, the role of National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) in developing standards for health information security will become more…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
A Little Intellectual Property 101 for HIT
Introduction to Intellectual Property As my initial entry to this blog, I would like to provide a high-level overview of U.S. Intellectual Property ("IP”) law. This overview will provide background information…
Health IT Law Blog
This just in: New HHS guidance about securing protected information
From HHS: On April 17, 2009, HHS issued guidance specifying the technologies and methodologies that render protected health information unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals, as required by the…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
FTC Issues Proposed Rules for Security Breach Notification under HITECH
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) posted its proposed rule today implementing new breach notification requirements for health records, which were required to be promulgated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
CDT Releases HITECH – HIPAA Guidance
The Center for Democracy and Technology ("CDT") has released a great guidance document that compares the requirements under the newly-enacted HITECH Act against HIPAA, and highlights specific changes resulting from this new legislation. The CDT guidance document also…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Joint Commission Throws “HIT’s” Weight In the Ring
The Joint Commission released a Report today titled "Health Care at the Crossroads: Guiding Principles for the Development of the Hospital of the Future" that, among other things, emphasizes that health information…