Digital Government

Hawaii preparing for pandemic flu

State health officials plan to develop a data management system that will correlate a wide range of related information.

People

Pacom leads military in pandemic planning

The U.S. military's preparation for a possible outbreak of bird flu lags that of Asian and Pacific countries.

People

Davis: Is Project BioShield meeting goals?

The congressman wants to know where HHS' program to further measures against bioterrorism stands.

Digital Government

BearingPoint lands CDC contract

Firm will provide program management and enterprise architecture support for public health informatics center.

People

Shock to the system

Katrina highlights holes in emergency health care system

Digital Government

HHS asks states for pandemic plans

HHS wants all 50 states to develop pandemic plans that coincide with federal plans.

Digital Government

BearingPoint calls a doctor

Consulting firmset its sights on the government health care market with recent hire of a former Navy surgeon general.

People

GAO criticizes IT spending at HHS, CMS

Auditors find agencies lack sound processes for high-level management of IT.

People

Veterans refill prescriptions online

A new HealtheVet service makes it easier for veterans to refill prescription drugs without a trip to the drug store.

People

CDC to track quarantined people

The agency plans to use a secure, Web-based system to track people when they are isolated or quarantined as part of an effort to control the spread of infectious diseases.

Digital Government

CDC plans flight e-tracking

CDC plans to collect data on 600 million airline passengers a year to help fight pandemics.

Digital Government

CDC enhances disease surveillance system

To make its disease surveillance system more attractive to public health departments nationwide, CDC is making it more powerful and user-friendly.

People

CHCS II is dead; long live AHLTA!

Midway through deployment, DOD renames its global medical records system.

People

On your mark, get set...

Agencies struggle to protect their data at all times

Digital Government

Former Navy surgeon general joins BearingPoint

Dr. Michael Cowan will lead the development of new service offerings and provide advice in the strategic recruitment and development of practitioners.

Digital Government

Senate passes health IT bill

Frist-Clinton-Enzi-Kennedy measure would encourage health IT adoption, mandate health care quality reporting and support executive branch efforts already under way.

Digital Government

HHS to give Gulf states a shot of health IT

The department will spend about $3.7 million to encourage the use of electronic health records in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Acquisition

Four teams to build health nets

Limited budget forces HHS to scale back network awards

Digital Government

Editor's Note: When all the switches are thrown at once

The response to Katrina provided a unique chance to identify the thinnest strands in the health care delivery web.

Digital Government

Rx for sharing health records

Architects of the NHIN must figure out how to build a network that lets rival hospitals freely share patient data while competing with one another for market share.