Modernization
Rural health IT feels FCC change
Changes in the FCC definition of rural could affect the rural health care universal service support mechanism.
People
Feds push e-prescriptions
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt announced new regulations intended to help provide electronic prescriptions for Medicare patients.
Modernization
Groups pitch health info plan
Thirteen groups banded together to propose a Common Framework for a National Health Information Network.
People
SSA mainframes to feel drug load
Medicare's prescription drug program will increase the workload on computers at the Social Security Administration in a few months, officials say.
People
Washington overhauls Medicaid system
State health officials hired a Rockville, Md.-based company to modernize Washington's '70s-era Medicaid system.
Modernization
The year ahead in policy
President's focus will be on systems consolidation and interoperability
People
Thompson: 'Drive technology'
Tommy Thompson resigned as secretary of Health and Human Services and cited an emphasis on health IT as a hallmark of his tenure.
People
VA drives open-source health records initiative
Agency could spur adoption of e-health systems worldwide
People
HHS spends $228M on IT programs
But the majority of it is for health IT programmatic activities and grant programs, Government Accountability Office officials say.
Digital Government
HHS, LeapFrog work to aid Afghani women
Team uses technology to cross language and cultural barriers
Digital Government
E-records vital to health strategy
IT czar plans campaign against paperbound medical records
Digital Government
Giving health care technology a boost
Feds must convince hospitals to use new standards.
Digital Government
HHS to test Medicare portal
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will try to speed up the use of electronic prescriptions too.
People
HHS plans for e-records
Department officials have 12 strategies for an interoperable health network.
Digital Government
Gingrich-led group urges more spending for health IT
The feds should invest billions in interoperable health IT, says the Center for Health Transformation.
People
Standardizing health records
The administration's health IT coordinator says feds will help develop interoperability standards for the healthcare industry.
Digital Government
Experts: U.S. needs e-health record standard
National standard needed for interoperable e-health records.
People
Brailer named health IT coordinator
The California physician has been a leader in using IT to improve health care.
Modernization
Laws, other hurdles hinder telehealth
The Commerce Department says teleheath faces barriers to further adoption.
Digital Government
Clinton proposes health IT bill
The Democratic senator calls for better data sharing, real-time access to patient information and lower costs.
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