In the latest round of security recommendations for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN), the Privacy and Security Tiger Team (a workgroup of the federal Health IT Policy Committee that advises the National Coordinator for Health…
Among the gaps a formal governance system for the NHIN is intended to fill is the inability for organizations without a government contract or grant to sue the government; this lack of privity is cited by…
According to an article yesterday from Government Health IT, the Office of the National Coordinator is getting ready to address a more complete set of rules of behavior and other requirements for participation in the Nationwide…
The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), a government-sponsored initiative started in 2004 and re-emphasized in the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act, is no longer envisioned as a “network” at all (in…
During the 2008 trial implementations process and subsequent limited production operation of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), health information exchange between two participating entities relies on authentication at the entity (that is, organization) level, rather…
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