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New law requires greater healthcare privacy protections
Written by Patricia King, JD   

Privacy advocates worry that as patient records move from paper to the digital environment, security breaches will occur more frequently and affect more patients. 

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, popularly known as the stimulus bill, contained several provisions encouraging adoption of electronic medical records.  Many health policy experts support health information technology, believing that electronic health records will enhance quality of care (through minimizing medication errors and creating opportunities for greater continuity of care) and decrease administrative costs. Along with these benefits, however, is a growing risk of privacy breaches.

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Healthcare Innovation in the 21st Century
Written by Ardena L. Flippin, MD, MBA   

“Innovation” is the new buzzword; it’s being used to describe products and services in almost every radio and television commercial.  The best definition of the word innovation that I’ve found is “…the transformation of an idea into something useful”.   (1)   “The health care delivery system in the US is facing cost and quality pressures that will require fundamental changes to remain viable”.  (2) “Patients, payers, and politicians are demanding it [innovation], and history shows that organizations that fail to deliver it will suffer.  (3). 

My question is:  With an opportunity to change health care systems and delivery mechanisms, what evidence is there that anticipated health care reform strategies are innovative?

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