HHS Secretary Tom Price to present awards to Olympic Champions Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt

05. May 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., will present Olympic champions Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt with Special Recognition Awards at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) annual event recognizing National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (Awareness Day). Teammates and friends, Mr. Phelps and Ms. Schmitt are receiving the awards for ...

Secretary Price Welcomes Opportunity to Reexamine Contraception Mandate

05. May 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s executive order on religious freedom: “Religious liberty is our country’s first freedom. Americans of faith play a vital role in caring for our most vulnerable citizens, including the elderly and the poor. “We welcome today’s executive order directing the ...

Digital health news briefs for 5/4/2017: CardioNet HIPAA settlement, Telemedicine lactation consulting – MobiHealthNews

04. May 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
Lexology (registration) Digital health news briefs for 5/4/2017: CardioNet HIPAA settlement, Telemedicine lactation consultingMobiHealthNewsOCR settles HIPAA complaint with CardioNet. CardioNet, one of the oldest companies in the mobile cardiac arrhythmia monitoring space, has agreed to pay the Office of Civil Rights $2.5 million and enter into a corrective action plan in the end result of ...

Gray death: Dangerous opioid combo is latest mixing trend; authorities issue warning – Chicago Tribune

04. May 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
Chicago Tribune Gray death: Dangerous opioid combo is latest mixing trend; authorities issue warningChicago Tribune“Gray death” is a combination of several opioids blamed for thousands of fatal overdoses nationally, including heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil and a synthetic opioid called U-47700. (May 4, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly …“Gray death” is the ...