Health Care Social Media Legal Issues and Strategy Webinar
on Nov 18, 2009 in Health 2.0 Health care policy Health Law HIPAA Hospitals Physicians Privacy Social Media Today's HIPAA and Your Social Media Strategy webinar, which I presented together with Jamie Verkamp of (e)Merge, was a success. We had a good turnout, interesting questions and engaging discussion. Here is a version of the slide deck I used...

An ounce of prevention
on Nov 18, 2009 in Health care policy Health Law Health Reform Massachusetts Public Health Universal Health Care Today's Boston Globe reports on a feature of the Massachusetts universal health care law that may be replicated at the national level: MassHealth -- the Massachusetts Medicaid program -- has been covering the costs for smoking cessation counseling an...

Son of HIPAA Breach Notification Rules and Business Associate Requirements: Who's Ready?
on Nov 17, 2009 in Health care policy Health Law HIPAA HIT Hospitals Physicians Privacy HIMMS Analytics surveyed about 250 hospital and business associate representatives, and came up with some figures to back up what we all knew in our hearts: Most hospitals are gearing up for compliance with the HITECH Act / Son of...

Social Media Session at Oklahoma Hospital Association Annual Meeting
on Nov 13, 2009 in Health care policy Health Law HIPAA Hospitals Physicians Privacy Social Media Yesterday I had the pleasure of sharing the podium -- at least virtually -- at the Oklahoma Hospital Association's annual meeting with two leaders in the health care social media sphere, Ed Bennett of the University of Maryland Medical System...

Son of HIPAA Breach Notification Rules
on Nov 11, 2009 in EHR Health care policy Health Law HIPAA HIT Hospitals Physicians Privacy Health care providers: If your patient records aren't already stored digitally, they are likely to be digitized soon. There is a tremendous push by the federal government -- as well as by some private payors and self-insured employers -- to...

David Harlow quoted in "Social Networking 101 for Physicians" piece in Mass Medical Law Report
on Nov 8, 2009 in Health 2.0 Health care policy Health Law Hospitals Physicians Social Media More and more physicians are exploring the use of social media in their practices, and the Massachusetts Medical Law report ran a piece on Social Networking 101 for Physicians recently, quoting Kevin Pho of KevinMD, Jim Tobin of Ignite Health...

David Harlow quoted in "Social Networking 101 for Physicians" piece in Mass Medical Law Report
on Nov 8, 2009 in Health 2.0 Health care policy Health Law Hospitals Physicians Social Media More and more physicians are exploring the use of social media in their practices, and the Massachusetts Medical Law report ran a piece on Social Networking 101 for Physicians recently, quoting Kevin Pho of KevinMD, Jim Tobin of Ignite Health...

HIPAA and your social media strategy - Webinar November 18, 2009
on Nov 5, 2009 in Health 2.0 Health care policy Health Law HIPAA HIT Hospitals Physicians Privacy Social Media Physicians, practice managers and other health care providers and managers considering a foray into social media, you are invited to join The Harlow Group and (e)Merge for a webinar discussing this timely and important topic. Here is the (e)Merge ann...

HIPAA and your social media strategy - Webinar November 18, 2009
on Nov 5, 2009 in Health 2.0 Health care policy Health Law HIPAA HIT Hospitals Physicians Privacy Social Media Physicians, practice managers and other health care providers and managers considering a foray into social media, you are invited to join The Harlow Group and (e)Merge for a webinar discussing this timely and important topic. Here is the (e)Merge ann...

FDA and social media: The regulated community's current obsession overlooks off-label promotions by the advocacy community
on Nov 2, 2009 in Health care policy Health Law Prescription Drugs Social Media This morning I received a tweet exhorting me to learn about Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for autoimmune diseases. (Naltrexone, by the way, is approved by the FDA only to treat alcoholism.) Within a few clicks, I found claims that LDN...