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Health Information Security and Privacy Toolkit The Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration Provider Education Toolkit, provides educational resources for health care providers interested in understanding electronic health information exchange and security and privacy best practices. The Web-based tool, found at www.Secure4Health.org offers physician to physician advice, resource links, and answers to frequently asked questions from national health care subject-matter experts. Health care providers can also earn free continuing medical education credits while learning more about electronic health information exchange, electronic health record systems, and related privacy and security benefits and challenges. The Provider Education Toolkit is the result of the work completed by the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration, a multi-year project launched in 2006 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Web Site Provides West Virginians with Information on Electronic Health Records A new online resource is available to help West Virginians understand electronic health records as many physicians and other health care providers switch over to them from traditional paper records. The eHealthWV effort, which is funded by a federal grant to educate consumers about electronic health records, is now providing a variety of information about them at www.eHealthWV.org. "The switchover to electronic health records among health care providers is still in its early stages in West Virginia, but we expect the pace to pick up in the next few years," Patty Ruddick, project director of the West Virginia Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration, said. "Our hope is to let West Virginians know how advantageous electronic health records and health information exchange systems are." The West Virginia effort is part of a national effort to educate consumers and providers about the importance of privacy and security in using electronic health records. The federal government has set a goal for most Americans to have electronic health records by 2014. "Electronic health records provide us with an important means to improve the quality of health care and the safety of patients," Dr. Mark Stephens, a physician with the West Virginia Medical Institute and a practicing physician in Charleston, said. "It is imperative for consumers and providers to understand their benefits." Welcome to the WV eHealth Initiative The West Virginia eHealth Initiative (WVeHI) is a coalition of representatives from health care, business and state government. Its purpose is to promote the broad adoption, use and coordination of information technology in health care. WVeHI works with providers, health insurers, businesses, and government to facilitate the use of information technology to improve the quality, efficiency, and safety of health care for all West Virginians. |
E-prescribing Standards Effective April 1 People enrolled in Medicare’s prescription drug program will experience . . . more efficient communication between their doctor and pharmacy as a result of a new regulation . . . Read entire article Planning Eases Implementation A doctor . . . spent a year and a half researching electronic health records before the practice decided to implement one last July. Read entire article
At the Hummer Family Practice in Elkins, the new electronic health record system makes it easy to make sure patients receive their annual flu shot. Read entire article
When a medical practice wants to succeed with the implementation of an electronic health record (EHR), a physician champion must be on board . . . . Read entire article |
West Virginia has been involved in a federal initiative to encourage participation in electronic health exchange by providing information about privacy and security to health care providers.Site provided by WVMI • Last updated April 23, 2009 • Site Map |