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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.
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BearingPoint lands CDC contract
Firm will provide program management and enterprise architecture support for public health informatics center.
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HHS asks states for pandemic plans
HHS wants all 50 states to develop pandemic plans that coincide with federal plans.
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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.
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Veterans refill prescriptions online
A new HealtheVet service makes it easier for veterans to refill prescription drugs without a trip to the drug store.
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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.
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CDC plans flight e-tracking
CDC plans to collect data on 600 million airline passengers a year to help fight pandemics.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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