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Effective Health IT Reduces Burnout, Improves Patient Care
Information technology and its intersection with military health care was at the forefront of a key discussion at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference, held in Chicago, Illinois, from April 17 to 21.
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) also required the establishment of a standard national employer identifier (EIN) to be used in certain electronic transactions. The Final Rule was published in the Federal Register in May 2002 and became effective July 2002.
Since 2002, the HIPAA Transactions, Code Sets and Identifiers (TCS&I) Office assisted the Military Health System with implementing and reporting the EIN, as required, in HIPAA-adopted electronic transactions.
View questions and answers about the nationwide standards for identifiers used in HIPAA compliant electronic health care transactions.
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