National Health IT Week: Day Four

TODAY: Model Privacy Notice Twitter Chat

Today at 2:00 PM ET we’ll be holding a Twitter chat to discuss the Model Privacy Notice (MPN) using #MPNchat. Similar to the Nutritional Facts label, the MPN is being designed to provide a snapshot of a company’s existing privacy and security practices to help consumers make informed choices when selecting products that collect digital health information.

SAFER Guides Now Included in Health IT Playbook

ONC’s SAFER Guides have been incorporated into the newly-released Health IT Playbook. The Playbook is a tool to help providers get the most out of their health IT. The SAFER Guides enable healthcare organizations to address EHR safety in a variety of areas and recommended practices to optimize the safety and safe use of EHRs. View the SAFER Guides in the Health IT Playbook.

ONC Reports on Health IT Safety

Earlier this summer, ONC published two reports on health IT safety: Report of the Evidence on Health IT Safety and Interventions and Goals and Priorities for Health Care Organizations to Improve Safety Using Health IT. The two reports show that health IT safety is dependent on a number of factors and that usability and interoperability also help improve health IT safety. Read more about health IT safety and these two reports.

“A Bill You Can Understand” Challenge Winners Announced

HHS announced the winners of the HHS "A Bill You Can Understand" challenge, a design and innovation challenge to solicit new approaches and draw national attention to a common complaint with the health care system: that medical billing is a source of confusion for patients and families.See who won the challenge.

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