Digital Government
CDW-G launches health care unit
The new group will fall under CDW Government's management and will spend this year creating a marketing strategy.
Digital Government
Kentucky picks EDS for Medicaid modernization
Integrator will provide system development and maintenance, other services, for state's systems.
Digital Government
CMS seeks input on personal health records
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants public input on what role it and its vast storehouse of data on Medicare beneficiaries should play in the development of personal health records.
Digital Government
HHS seeks names for IT advisory board
A high-level commission, to be chaired by HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, will include 17 members from government and the private sector.
Digital Government
Senate slashes HHS health IT budget
IT coordinator office funding cut by 40 percent to $45.2 million.
Digital Government
Montana health IT center plans NHIN bid
The center is partnering with a North Carolina firm to bid on HHS' National Health Information Network prototype contracts.
Digital Government
HHS extends due date on health net proposals
About 200 companies have expressed interest in contracts for developing prototypes for the National Health Information Network.
Digital Government
NYC wants to track 530,000 diabetics
New York City's Department of Health could mandate automatic transmission of blood sugar tests to a patient registry.
Digital Government
SSN: Not a candidate for patient IDs
The American Medical Association considers resolution banning use of Social Security numbers because of concerns about identity theft.
Digital Government
EDS wins Oregon's $73 million Medicaid management contract
Oregon awards a seven-year $73 million contract to EDS to modernize its Medicaid management system for 260,000 claims per month.
Digital Government
Computer error mars Calgary lab tests
The results of approximately 2,000 lab tests from the last two months were linked to the wrong patients.
Digital Government
Why a national health care ID isn’t worth the fight
A conversation with the Markle Foundation's Carol Diamond about patient identifiers and the development of a national health information network.
People
Slow-going for anti-bioterrorism projects
CDC, DHS systems for detecting and managing epidemics or bioterrorism attacks are years from deployment, GAO reports.
People
Hope for patient ID dwindles
Experts now pin hopes on new ideas, such as record locator services, to help doctors find patient information.
Digital Government
CMS tests home health monitoring
PDA-like Health Buddy will monitor patients with chronic illnesses, potentially cutting health care costs by five percent.
Digital Government
Survey: Medicare patients not IT beneficiaries
A minority of Medicare patients in 2001 visited doctors who used clinical IT tools.
Digital Government
Tennessee backs BlueCross records project
Participation by the state's Medicaid program paves way to provide 4 million Tennessee residents with electronic medical records.
Digital Government
HHS keeps health net options open
One prototype of health data exchange will be based on open-source software.
Modernization
NIST pledges staff time for health IT
Agency will expand involvement in the electronic health records initiative as a partner of the Department of Health and Human Services.
People
Medicare Web apps in development
First application will enable physicians to check on a patient's eligibility for benefits.
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