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  • HIStalk Interviews Farzad Mostashari, MD, National Coordinator

    HIStalk Interviews Farzad Mostashari, MD, National Coordinator

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    Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the US Department of Health and Human Services. Do you think the free market works when it comes to EHR functionality, vendor development priorities, and vendor transparency

  • The Reality of SaaS

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    Recently I was asked if SaaS/Cloud computing is appropriate for small practice EHR hosting. I responded “SaaS in general is good. However, most SaaS is neither private nor secure. Current regulatory and compliance mandates require that you find a cloud hosting firm which will indemnify you against privacy breeches caused by security issues in the…