The HIT Standards Committee received the latest deliverables from its workgroups. 17 of 29 measures listed concern quality remodeled after quality measure authors to be based on data elements captured in electronic health records. Of these two are privacy & security related (to comply with HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Conduct or update a security risk assessment and implement security updates as necessary) and 10 are connected to the meaningful use of EHR (i.e. % of orders for medications, lab tests, procedures, radiology, and referrals entered directly by physicians through CPOE). Read more…