The Coming Federal Health IT Monopoly: Electronic Health Records and Health Privacy Rules under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
February 26, 2009 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
Buried in the Obama administration’s economic stimulus bill (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or ARRA) is the “HITECH Act”, a major revision to the healthcare industry technology, promoting universal electronic health records (defined in the laws as “EHR”, which some call e-medical records, or “EMR”). The stimulus law lays the groundwork for socialized […]
Appendix to Hitech Act
February 26, 2009 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
Key Definitions (which build upon existing definitions under the Social Security Act and HIPAA). Electronic health record – an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that is created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized health care clinicians and staff. Personal health record – means an electronic record of individually identifiable health information on […]