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FDA to discuss role of IT in patient self-screening
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold public hearings this Thursday and Friday, March 22 and 23, to get input on a proposal to allow consumers to purchase certain prescription drugs without
Providers worry about proposed CMS 10-year overpayments review
A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to review Medicare overpayments, dating back to as far as 10 years, could mean undue administrative burdens and costs for
ONC to launch five-year survey on EHR privacy
Officials with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT want to know what the public thinks about electronic health record security and privacy. To that end, it will launch a survey of
ONC delays permanent EHR certification program
The permanent health IT certification program for Meaningful Use of electronic health records, which was to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012, has been pushed back until at least next summer by the
ONC seeks opinions, concerns on mobile health security
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is digging deep to determine the public's appetite for mobile health technology, and their concerns about mobile security, according to a recently
ONC proposes surveys to determine EHR, HIE privacy protections
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) wants to find out how the public views the privacy and security of electronic health records and health information exchanges. In support of
National Institutes of Health to create a genetic test database
Hoping to improve healthcare research and centralize data, the National Institutes of Health plans to create an online database of available genetic tests. In a notice published last week in the
ONC tuning up its public relations approach
It may seem a little backward, considering that we're halfway through the first year of meaningful use, but the government is finally trying to figure out how to communicate with physicians about the
