Health Information & the Law Welcomes HIT Week 2014 with New Products on Interoperability, the JASON Report, and Patient Data

Health Information Technology Week celebrates in 9th year in 2014 (September 15 - 19). This week is intended to focus national attention on the importance and value of enhancing health care through the best use of information technology. Health Information & the Law works year-round to increase awareness of these issues and in celebration of HIT Week has released new products centering on topics of particular relevance to the HIT community and other stakeholders. Please click on any of the links below to read more about these areas of interest.

• Fast Facts: What is Interoperability available here

• Myth Buster: All Electronic Health Records are Interoperable available here

• Fast Facts: What Protections Are Applicable to Patient-Generated Health Data that is Not Maintained by a Covered Entity? available here

• Myth Buster: All Patient-Generated Health Data has the Same Privacy and Security Protections available here 

• A complete summary of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's August 2014 Briefing on the JASON Report available here