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.
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