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.