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The three in five people who were offered and who accessed their online record or patient portal last year was a 50% increase over 2020.

OCR says the use of such tools violates HIPAA when the information collected includes protected health information. 

Deliver what healthcare workers want and address the burden of disease, says Dr. Ricardo Leite, CEO of I-DAIR.  

Alisa Chestler, chair of the data protection, privacy and cybersecurity team at Baker Donelson, questions whether $20 million in annual funding from a new Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination bill is enough to move the needle.  

Stop APM bonus cut and MIPS penalties in MACRA and Medicare physician payment decreases, AMA says.

Health equity is being brought into the chapter's current events, says Elise Kohl-Grant, cochair of the programming committee at the chapter.

The National Institutes of Health estimates the cost of race and ethnicity disparities in the United States is upwards of $400 billion a year, says Dr. Michael Poku, chief clinical officer at Equality Health.  

The health system has an integrated strategic plan to help clinicians and patients get the best care, says CIO Dr. Michael Pfeffer.  

Clinical decision support improves outcomes, ROI and the move to value-based care, says Yaw Fellin of Wolters Kluwer Health.

The larger ACA plan footprint will bring access to affordable benefits to more than 60% of the eligible population, UHC says.