Digital Government
Marchibroda: Hot days are upon us in health IT
eHealth Initiative's Janet Marchibroda writes that government's intense involvement in health technology shows no sign of abating.
Digital Government
UNM hospitals see new picture system
The University of New Mexico Hospitals system can finally afford Picture and Archiving Communications Systems.
Digital Government
Health records group gets California grant
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology received a $219,000 grant to help develop products for electronic health records.
Digital Government
Mass. hires EDS for Medicaid revamp
EDS will get $48 million to build a new Medicaid Management Information System for Massachusetts.
People
Health sites spur satisfaction
NIH operates eight of the 10 most highly rated federal sites in the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index.
Digital Government
Wyoming plans e-records for health
The Wyoming Healthcare Commission plans to form a regional health information organization as the first step toward statewide electronic health records.
Digital Government
HHS floods market seeking health IT proposals
Bids for prototype networks could top $60 million, integrators say
People
Hospital shopper strikes a chord
Web site enables consumers to compare quality of care at facilities nationwide.
Acquisition
Medicare to aid e-records switch
Quality improvement contractors will assist small, mid-sized physicians.
Digital Government
Leavitt: Feds to be early adopters of new standards
Use of health I.T. at federal agencies could spur private sector groups to follow suit.
Digital Government
Public health left out of regional exchanges?
Officials say health departments could benefit from links to regional information networks.
Digital Government
HHS sees incorporating health care standards into FIPS
HHS anticipates that NIST will incorporate health care standards developed under RFPs released today into Federal Information Processing Standards.
Digital Government
Advisory board planned for health IT
HHS plans to form a public/private health care advisory board to push development and adoption of electronic health records nationwide.
Digital Government
Nonprofits accept the e-health records challenge
Markle Foundation, others will fund exchange for sharing medical data.
People
Public wants open health records standards
A request for public comment on the National Health Information Network generated more than 5,000 pages of responses.
People
HHS offers inventory application
State, regional and local health officials can download the software from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality site.
People
Markle plans health exchange
The foundation will fund a pilot system to link the health records of Mendocino County, Boston and Indianapolis.
Digital Government
U.S. trails Australia in health records
Australia's detailed national strategy for electronic health records includes close work with states and territories.
Digital Government
Perot Systems decides to add a government focus
The company has a new office, but can it compete?
People
Chemical publisher goes after NIH
The American Chemical Society is lobbying Congress to rein in a new National Institutes of Health database designed to accelerate biomedical research.
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