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New ONC Chief Aims to Improve EHR Security Perception

In his new role as leader of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information, Farzad Mostashari pledges to work to improve how patients feel about the security of their electronic health records, according to Gov Info Security.

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New York HIE Expands

HealtheConnection, one of 12 Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) in the state of New York, recently added four more hospitals to its network. So reports Healthcare IT News.

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Social Media Guidelines Needed: Survey

Last week we ran an article about how a Rhode Island doctor lost her clinical privileges because she posted identifiable patient information on her Facebook account. Now a new survey from Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and the Health Care Compliance Association finds that despite a significant rise in disciplinary action due to workers misusing social media, there is still a definite lack of procedures and policies for enforcing social media policy.

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