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HHS has released the long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on the changes to the HIPAA accounting of disclosures. The rule, formally titled "HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures under the HITECH Act," was printed in the May 31 Federal Register.
For years we have heard that EHRs improve the quality of clinical documentation in the medical record. While this is absolutely true in terms of legibility, it may not be so true otherwise.
HIM's management of the patient portion of the Vanderbilt Medical Center's patient portal MyHealthAtVanderbilt (MHaV) may well make it unique, but the approach has paid off, says Anne Dixon, RHIA, manager of medical information services in Vanderbilt's HIM department.
