Digital Government

NHS changes schedule for Accenture

The company and the UK Department of Health have worked out a new deployment schedule related to Accenture's work for the National Health Service.

Digital Government

Britain toughens patient privacy

The UK Health Department has new privacy guidelines that allow patients to limit access to their electronic health records.

Digital Government

The gift of life online

California turns to e-donor registry to help those in need of transplants.

Digital Government

HHS' Leavitt continues to push health IT standards

HHS secretary continues push for the development of heallth IT standards, saying the federal government can pave the way through its power of its purse.

Digital Government

NIST tackles measurement

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will lead a series of workshops to gather information for improving measurement capabilities in critical areas.

Digital Government

Health care IT agenda inches forward

HHS secretary makes a pitch for public/private partnership.

People

House proposal eviscerates HealtheVet

A subcommittee gutted President Bush's request for $311 million for fiscal 2006 to launch a health e-record program for the nation's veterans.

Digital Government

Garden State plants e-health seeds

New Jersey officials are planning a statewide electronic health record system.

Digital Government

Health IT contracts coming

HHS seeks consultants to help develop a nationwide health information architecture and a process for certifying electronic records.

Digital Government

HHS sees health tech urgency

A report scheduled for release today describes health IT as an 'urgent priority' and calls for investment in electronic health records.

Digital Government

Health IT report calls for fed leadership

Corporate CEOs want the federal government to drive health information technology standards and improvements.

Digital Government

Health tech bill expected

Reps. Tim Murphy and Patrick Kennedy plan to introduce a measure to boost the use of health information technology.

Digital Government

HHS marches with states on health IT

The secretary of health and human services says feds must collaborate with state governments on digital health technology.

Acquisition

GOP tech agenda includes health IT, acquisitions

Electronic health records and competitive acquisitions have formally appeared on the list of information technology priorities for House Republicans.

Digital Government

Big Blue dives into health IT

IBM sites in California, Minnesota and Israel will test a system based on health IT standards.

People

NHS needs health IT personnel

There's a global shortage of qualified professionals who understand both health care and IT, says the director general of the United Kingdom's health IT project.

People

OPM asks health providers for IT plans

Office of Personnel Management officials want companies that provide health coverage for federal employees to convert to electronic health records.

Digital Government

Alberta health images to go all digital

Alberta's provincial health agency plans to develop and deploy a $177 million medical digital imagery system by 2008.

Digital Government

More Medicaid IT outsourcing?

Spending on outsourced Medicaid Management Information Systems will rise by one-fifth, Input says.

People

Grim prognosis

Report finds e-health IT problems at VA.