Digital Government
Health IT to keep lawyers busy
A new report lays out a laundry list of legal issues that must be resolved for health IT to really pay off.
People
CDC awards multi-million dollar contract to BearingPoint
BearingPoint will expand support for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s terrorism preparedness office.
People
First responders to get online training
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response awards a contract to develop a computer-based version of a first responder training course.
People
HHS to offer private physicians 'free' software
Open-source software could cost doctors $500 a month
Digital Government
Health network costs projected at $156 billion
A study pegs National Health Information Network capital costs at $156 billion over five years, with annual costs at $48 billion
Digital Government
Bush signs law that creates medical error databases
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, signed by President Bush, will require the establishment of a network of databases to hold medical error data.
Digital Government
Marchibroda: Congress on the move
The recent spate of congressional activity in health information technology bodes well for the future of health care.
Digital Government
Florida makes a move to a health IT network
Sunshine state plans to build a state equivalent to the national network for health IT.
Digital Government
Uniform privacy rules are debated
A long-running debate over protecting the privacy of health information made an appearance at a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing Wednesday.
People
Veterans Health Administration reorganizes
New VHA undersecretary puts his stamp on agency's organization chart to streamline the program that delivers health care to vets.
Digital Government
Health association calls for code updates
A medical records code set currently in use is outdated and running out of room for expansion, the American Health Information Management Association says.
Digital Government
Health IT could get boost in Fed health plan
Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) plans to introduce a bill to get the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the largest health plan in the country, to use health IT.
Digital Government
Alberta launches $153.7M medical digital imagery system
The new system is expected to save the Canadian province $350 million a year.
Digital Government
Senate committee approves merged health IT bill
Senate committee members last week approved a bipartisan health information technology bill.
Modernization
More than a view in a vista
Microsoft confuses the names of EHR and new Office software, but VA argues VistA came long before MS Office Vista.
Digital Government
Take your medicine
How many federal agencies have adopted the health information technology standards that Congress approved in 2003 and 2004 as part of a White House-sponsored e-government initiative?
Digital Government
Report highlights high costs of ignoring health tech
Neglect of systems engineering contributes to nearly 100,000 preventable deaths a year, researchers conclude.
Digital Government
Unisys continues New Jersey Medicaid work
Contract extension adds to the 16-year engagement for the integrator.
People
Wooten named to head VA program management office
A retired Naval officer tapped to lead VA's new project management office.
Digital Government
Health IT bills merged
The sponsors of two major Senate bills to promote health information technology have joined forces, merging the two major bills.
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