The Washington Download - Vol. 8 Issue 13

We appreciate ONC taking into account our prior comments supporting enhanced harmonization of policies among agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). We also strongly support the use of updated vocabulary standards as found in […]
The June issue includes a student spotlight on Sarvesh Soni, a PhD Graduate at the University of Texas Health Science Center, and a publication spotlight on recent JAMIA articles with student/trainees listed as first author.
AMIA supports efforts by HHS to revise the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“Privacy Rule”) under HIPAA and HITECH Act, to implement protections limiting uses and disclosures of protected health information (PHI) for certain purposes where the use or disclosure of information is about reproductive health care […]