Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal entered a brave new world yesterday, as the first state AG to file a HIPAA…
Meaningful use of certified EHRs -- the long-awaited definitions were released by HHS and ONC, within HHS, before year-end, as…
Once again, constitutional challenges to health reform have captured the attention of the daily newspapers. A few months back, it…
What should health care providers be doing in anticipation of the likely passage of an historic health reform bill? There…
After being put on ice last year, the Joint Commission's standard regarding medical staff bylaws, the medical executive committee (MEC)…
Over the past six months, there has been a growing (and certainly more visible) patient-centered movement fomented in large part…
Ten Years After sang "I'd Love to Change the World" more than ten years ago. Sadly, ten years after the…
I'm pleased to announce that HealthBlawg has been named to the ABA Journal Blawg 100. I appreciate the recognition, and…
As patients, as family members, as friends, as health care providers, we have all faced end-of-life issues at one time…
Today's HIPAA and Your Social Media Strategy webinar, which I presented together with Jamie Verkamp of (e)Merge, was a success. …