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The practice was formed by nationally-known and widely-respected information technology attorney John R. Christiansen after many years in large, national law and consulting firm practice, to provide service more directly, flexibly and creatively.
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Posted on October 3, 2011
How to Eliminate the Barriers to Health Information Exchange
I know how to eliminate the principal barriers to health information exchange (HIE): A clear code of safety standards and insurance. The real barriers aren’t really technical any more. We do have challenges in terms of electronic health record (EHR) interoperability and in some other areas, and they are not trivial. But there is a […]
Posted on October 3, 2011
HITECH/HIPAA Obligations of Cloud Services Providers
Background: HITECH sections 13401 and 13404 now apply certain HIPAA and HITECH security and privacy requirements to business associates (BAs). Scenario: Company A provides healthcare administrative or electronic health record (EHR) systems through the cloud, or SaaS. Company A is therefore by definition a BA. Question: Is Company A therefore responsible under HITECH for making […]
Posted on October 3, 2011
HITECH and Business Associate Compliance – The Key Points
The following is an outline of a presentation I’ve done on new Business Associate compliance and risk issues under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), the portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) dealing principally with electronic health records (EHRs). HITECH compliance is both possible and necessary, but […]
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