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AHA says OCR's online tracking tool rules need to go

Healthcare It News

" While saying it believes that no changes to HIPAA are needed at this time, AHA asked Congress to urge OCR to withdraw its December rule barring healthcare organizations from using online tracking tools to collect information about how users interact with regulated entities’ websites.

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Why Family Caregivers Need Help from the Healthcare Establishment

HIT Consultant

For this woman, the issue is not simply a matter of not having received what, in her view, was adequate training, but also the anxiety she feels about potentially causing harm to her husband each time she carries out a skilled level of care that she believes would be better left to a qualified healthcare professional. Bad News, Good News.

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The Single Market for Healthcare in Europe: Learnings for the U.S.

Health Populi

Here, healthcare is evolving toward a Single Market in the EU. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The EU Digital Single Market report on healthcare transformation gives us a snapshot of the consumer (EU health citizen) demand side for digital health access. What I know-I know from my time in healthcare working both in the U.S.

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Competition in Healthcare is Increasing—Rapidly and Dramatically

Healthcare Success

Whether you represent a hospital, health system, or multilocation practice, competing healthcare businesses are developing innovative business models—right now—and they’re targeting your market. After all, would you trust your own eyes to a surgeon who has done 20 surgeries, or another doctor who has done 2,000 surgeries?