There's confusion around the MACRA, MIPs, and APMs goals. It begs the question, Is Meaningful Use dead? Learn the MIPS APM and MACRA acronyms and more.

To understand FHIR, you must understand the FHIR Resource Object. This entry will help explain its origins and intent with links to help.

The FHIR standard is based on API routes but what should the API route look like? Learn general design principles and guidelines to build RESTful APIs.

The FHIR acronym stands for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources. FHIR is a new open sourced interoperability standard of the HL7 organization.

HITRUST certification by the HITRUST Alliance enables vendors and covered entities to prove HIPAA compliance based on a standardized framework.

The acronym PHI stands for Protected Health Information. An individual's PHI is data on health status, provision of health care, or payment for health.

HIPAA attestation is everywhere but are they really compliant? Companies can self-attest to HIPAA compliance because there are no HIPAA certifications.

This post discusses HIPAA and different types of hosted infrastructure options, answering the question of why HIPAA is not PCI.

Understanding the HIPAA breach policy and having a breach notification checklist can prepare you in case of unauthorized disclosure of ePHI.

With ePHI access, business associates are required to sign a HIPAA business associate agreement (BAA). Learn more about business associate agreements here.

Lets walk through the names, players and timelines for delivering your first HL7 Epic integration or any other EHR integration like Cerner or Allscripts.

The HIPAA acronym stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This HIPAA primer covers HIPAA 101 basics, meaning, entitities, etc.

GxP stands for "Good Practice" and is a set of operational controls for Life Sciences organizations working within the confines of the FDA. Learn more about GxP compliance.

GxP does not have the concept or BAAs or contracts that outline risk like HIPAA does. There is no concept of inheritance or chaining liability. Learn more here.

The HIPAA Privacy Rule is important to understand because it explains the types of data, covered entities, and uses of data HIPAA is concerned about.

The recent announcement by AthenaHealth that their APIs had been called one billion times serves as both a milestone for the use of APIs in healthcare and a reminder that API quality is as important as quantity.

GDPR compliance is an imperative starting May, 2018 for companies who work with data on EU citizens. Understand the fines and penalties in Article 83.