The problem of developing security mechanisms needed for management protocols and policy management of personal health information (PHI) remains largely unsolved, according to Gerald Masson, PhD, director of the John Hopkins University Information Security Institute (JHUISI), who spoke at an assembly hearing of the Health IT Standards Committee on Nov. 19.
Practice Fusion recently announced a free EMR for private practice physicians by permitting pharmaceutical companies to advertise within the EMR and on the web-based patient portal. Concerns of a conflict of interest and of patient privacy has caused many practices to think twice before jumping in.
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