ONC announces winners of Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge

07. June 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the winners of the Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge. Winners of this challenge created Model Privacy Notice (MPN) generators that produce a customizable MPN for health information technology (IT) developers, making it easier for consumers to see ...

Moderate drinking may alter brain, study says – CNN

06. June 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
NDTV Moderate drinking may alter brain, study saysCNNAn estimated 47 million people globally have Alzheimer’s disease, and that number is projected to triple by 2050. There is no cure or real treatment, but studies show and according to the Alzheimer’s Association, there are some things you can do to …Study: Even moderate drinking might be ...

8 things doctors are buzzing about at the biggest cancer meeting – Washington Post

06. June 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
Washington Post 8 things doctors are buzzing about at the biggest cancer meetingWashington PostThis post has been updated. CHICAGO — With 38,000 oncologists converging on the sprawling McCormick Place for the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the halls in the convention center are as crowded as Manhattan sidewalks …Study may shed light ...

More than a name change: AIDS.gov becomes HIV.gov

06. June 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today officially changed the name of AIDS.gov, the federal government’s leading source for information about HIV, to HIV.gov. The announcement coincides with the 36th anniversary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s first report of the initial cases of what would become known as AIDS. The ...

Lorain city council votes to sue opioid manufacturers – fox8.com

05. June 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
fox8.com Lorain city council votes to sue opioid manufacturersfox8.comLORAIN, Ohio – The battle against the opioid epidemic could be moving from the streets to the court-house. The mayor of Lorain is one of two Ohio mayors who wants to sue drug manufacturers. The Lorain city council voted unanimously Monday night to go …Doctors, Cardinal Health included ...