HHS OCR Secures Voluntary Resolution and Ensures Child Welfare Programs in the Oregon Department of Human Services Protect Parents with Disabilities from Discrimination

05. December 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it has entered into a voluntary resolution agreement (VRA) with the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) concerning the rights of parents with disabilities in ODHS Child Welfare Programs (CWP). OCR initiated a compliance review of ODHS ...

Ready, Set, PrEP Expands Access to Medication to Prevent HIV

04. December 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today launched Ready, Set, PrEP, a national program that makes medications for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), taken daily to prevent HIV, available at no cost to people without prescription drug insurance coverage. Although more than one million people at risk for HIV in the United States could ...

Digitised records: The future is now

04. December 2019 Health 0
The digitisation strategies of NHS exemplars are starting to come of age, providing healthcare institutions with a signposted route to the administrative and clinical benefits of electronic patient record management. Powered by WPeMatico