HIPAA update inches closer to reality

HHS said it is looking to remove regulatory barriers to health information sharing and the plan just took a first step. This is just one step in many for HIPAA reforms long march from its origin in the days of paper medical records to the accommodation of the electronic data-sharing needed to coordinate care under todays value-based payment models. Yale researchers last month, for instance, said that even despite HIPAA's intent, hospitals wind up being roadblocks to patients trying to...