Senate Panel's Health IT Bill Includes Security Rating Program

The Senate health committee's health information technology bill calls for a voluntary “certification” program to demonstrate compliance with security and transparency requirements. The Improving Health IT Act, unanimously passed by the committee Tuesday, is the latest in a growing list of federal policy initiatives to improve the data security of healthcare providers. The legislation requires HHS' national coordinator for health IT “to ensure that there are in effect effective procedures to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of any trade secret or...