People
Indiana HIE names chief medical officer
Dr. Gregory Larkin, a former family practitioner, will help the health information exchange with clinical strategy and set priorities.
Digital Government
Congress fine-tunes military health IT funding
The latest appropriations bills would fund tracking systems for wounded troops and for Army reserve and guard units.
Digital Government
Mandate e-prescribing, committee advises HHS secretary
AHIC recommends that HHS seek authority from Congress to make e-prescribing a Medicare requirement.
Digital Government
'Wired' bill fails to win quick Senate passage
Changes are expected in this year's major health IT bill as sponsors seek to win approval without floor debate.
People
Idaho health department taps ACS for benefits management
Affiliated Computer Services will provide pharmacy claims processing, automated prior authorizations, help-desk support, prospective and retrospective drug use reviews, and federal and supplemental drug rebate administration and reporting.
Digital Government
FCC OKs $417 million in grants for rural health networks
Sixty-nine projects to link rural health centers with one another and with urban areas will receive sums between $194,000 and $24.7 million.
Digital Government
Leavitt calls on Medicare, Medicaid to require e-prescribing
The HHS secretary uses his personal blog to urge large health care providers, including the government, to make electronic prescription services mandatory.
People
VA, DOD push single medical exam, e-benefits site
The goal is to help injured service members transition to veteran status as they return from duty.
People
President names new VA secretary
Former Surgeon General James Peake's nomination goes to the Senate for approval.
Digital Government
Committee readies recommendations to extend broad health privacy protections
HHS advisory panel issues draft report calling for new laws and rules to cover nearly everyone who handles medical records.
Digital Government
Committee OKs bill to give NIST role in federal health IT
Rep. Gordon amends his bill to clarify that it will not compete with health IT programs under way at HHS.
People
White House order puts HHS in charge of biosurveillance efforts
President Bush's order on public health preparedness for a medical emergency says biosurveillance should rely on e-medical records where possible.
People
Panel details fixes for care of wounded warriors
The recommendations include creating a scorecard for documenting the progress of information sharing between the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments.
Digital Government
Ex-CMS chief: Resolve health IT privacy, security issues
Mark McClellan says the federal government should lead efforts to build trustworthiness into health IT systems and policies.
People
CMS taps Citizant for business modeling
Under the $1 million contract, the company will produce and document business process models to help the CIO make investment decisions.
People
Letter: VistA outage not so bad
If nine hours without power leads to months of data entry, woe are we for all the paper systems in use almost everywhere else.
Digital Government
VistA outage disrupts Calif. VA hospitals
One official called it "the most significant technological threat to patient safety VA has ever had."
Acquisition
HHS awards $22.5M in contracts to health info exchanges
The exchanges will participate in trial implementations of the Nationwide Health Information Network.
Digital Government
CMS awards more Medicaid Transformation Grants
Sixteen states and Puerto Rico get funds to modernize the delivery and administration of Medicaid health services.
Digital Government
Letter: Stop exacerbating health care problems
The government has socialized the U.S. health care system enough already, a reader writes.
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