Experts tout Blue Button as enabling information exchange between medical provider and patient
The Pittsburg Post Gazette covers the federal government’s Blue Button initiative, calling for its expansion into the private sector and citing it as a key concept to moving forward in an EHR-enabled healthcare system.
Creative Skills For Life – Creative England Competition Fund
In England, the NHS and Creative Skills for Life announce a $154,000 contest that challenges developers to create apps that will help young people with life-threatening or debilitating medical conditions explore their creative potential.
Optometry EHR Breached in Florida, 9,000 Notified
An optometrist’s office in Gulf Breeze, Fla. is notifying 9,000 patients that their personal health information has been compromised after hackers break into the practice’s EHR and copy the medical records data.
Source: Morning Headlines 6/24/13
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