> The Michigan Health Information Network has contracted with consent management vendor HIPAAT to enable consumers throughout the state to keep track of when their protected health information is accessed, Health Data Management reports. Consumers also will be able to request audit records of such access from MiHIN. Article
> The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT updated its Health IT Dashboard with new interactive maps that track nationwide progress on Meaningful Use incentive payments, iHealthBeat reports. Additionally, ONC expanded the dashboard to include more content to monitor state and local progress with regard to the adoption of e-prescribing technology. Article
> In a potentially pivotal development for the public health sector, a consortium of federally qualified health centers across the North Bay area around Oakland, Calif., is taking part in a pilot project testing a mobile app that enrolls patients in public assistance programs. Redwood Community Health Coalition is using a mobile version of the One-e-App web-based enrollment system from Social Interest Solutions, an Oakland-based developer, for about 80,000 patients from Sonoma County, many of whom qualify for some type of public assistance such as Medi-Cal or Healthy Families. FierceMobileHealthcare
And Finally… Much ado about nothing. Article