Tribal patients will soon be able to access and view portions of their official Indian Health Service medical record, reports Government Health IT. This access is part of a personal health record system that the Indian Health Service administration is developing. Read more...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Meaningful Use workgroup is considering adding provisions to deal with prescription drug abuse, reports FierceEMR. Read more...

The Automated Blue Button Initiative, which allows patients to download copies of their electronic health record, helps physicians achieve Meaningful Use, but it doesn’t help them with interoperability, reports EHRIntelligencer.

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