From it’s inception, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (or the HITECH Act) was intended to further enforce many rules within the Health Insurance Portability and ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The HITECH Act is a law that requires healthcare organizations to convert medical records into electronic files and protecting this online data is at the ...

The HITECH Act will modernize the nation's healthcare system by advancing adoption and use of health information technology. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) ...

Healthcare facilities and hospitals are faced with unusual challenges when it comes to security, with their staffing and sheer volume of traffic rivaling any campus environment. Whether the need is to ...

Note: This article was written by Bruce D. Armon, Scott D. Patterson and Evan J. Foster, attorneys with Saul Ewing LLP. Final rule applies to vendors of personal health records and related entities ...

On April 16, 2013, we released “REBOOT: Re-examining the Strategies Needed to Successfully Adopt Health IT,” outlining concerns with implementation of the Health Information Technology and Economic ...

The Health IT for Economic and Clinical Health Act was enacted Feb. 17, 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Five years later, the HITECH Act and its related initiatives ...

New privacy and security requirements for health information technology contained in the economic stimulus law became effective Feb. 17, and providers are already reporting difficulties in complying ...