Trump Administration Announces Initiative for More and Faster COVID-19 Testing in Nursing Homes

15. July 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, under the leadership of President Trump, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing a large-scale procurement of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -authorized rapid point-of-care diagnostic test instruments and tests to be distributed to nursing homes in COVID-19 hotspot geographic areas with the United States. This initiative is a ...

Fact Sheet: SAMHSA 42 CFR Part 2 Revised Rule

14. July 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The 42 CFR Part 2 regulations (Part 2) serve to protect patient records created by federally assisted programs for the treatment of substance use disorders (SUD). Part 2 has been revised to further facilitate better coordination of care in response to the opioid epidemic while maintaining its confidentiality protections against unauthorized disclosure and use. What ...