Blockchain use case: Healthcare supply chain

13. December 2018 Health 0
Tamper-proof distributed ledger tech helps with efficiency, security, integrity and visibility of pharmacy and other supply chain data. And because it doesn’t necessarily involve PHI, it may be a logical place for hospitals to start exploring.   Powered by WPeMatico

HHS seeks public input on improving care coordination and reducing the regulatory burdens of the HIPAA Rules

13. December 2018 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
 Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from the public on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules, especially the HIPAA Privacy Rule, could be modified to further the HHS Secretary’s goal of promoting coordinated, value-based ...