Modernization
FEMA gets Hurricane Katrina help from unlikely place
FEMA taps the National Interagency Fire Center for radios and frequencies to support disaster relief efforts.
Digital Government
The shrink, the couch and the computer
UNM Health Sciences Center tests the use of EHRs in psychiatry.
Digital Government
Australia releases e-health framework
The framework documents the approaches, policies and tools needed to foster interoperability across the health sector.
Modernization
NSA picks General Dynamics for secure cellular PDAs
The PDAs will permit access to the Defense Department’s Secure IP Router Network.
People
Intercepts
A record records management system; cell phone metric madness; Yikes! SecNavs digitized.
Digital Government
Canada sets up e-health innovation lab
The eHealth Collaboratory will support the development of interoperable EHR systems.
People
DOD builds health library for deployed troops
An online library will help service members and others understand the risks that come with the assignment.
Digital Government
Navy wants to centrally manage IT assets
Central management of applications is a cost effective way to do business, Navy officials say.
People
Navy gives new office IT budget authority
IT office to manage $2 billion in spending onn enterprise-wide technology systems.
People
DISA extends date for circuit bids
Sept. 1 is now the deadline for placing bids to provide circuits that will connect bases nationwide to GIG-BE.
People
DISA raises Encore ceiling
Surge of business attributed in part to a shift from GSA contracts.
Modernization
Navy sails with VOIP
Voice-over-IP technology will free up bandwidth on satellite circuits.
People
Encore services procurement gets a raise
DISA raises the contract ceiling by $500 million, with Encore II slated for award by March 2006.
People
HHS to offer private physicians 'free' software
Open-source software could cost doctors $500 a month
Digital Government
Health network costs projected at $156 billion
A study pegs National Health Information Network capital costs at $156 billion over five years, with annual costs at $48 billion
Digital Government
Bush signs law that creates medical error databases
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, signed by President Bush, will require the establishment of a network of databases to hold medical error data.
Digital Government
Alberta launches $153.7M medical digital imagery system
The new system is expected to save the Canadian province $350 million a year.
Modernization
More than a view in a vista
Microsoft confuses the names of EHR and new Office software, but VA argues VistA came long before MS Office Vista.
Digital Government
Report highlights high costs of ignoring health tech
Neglect of systems engineering contributes to nearly 100,000 preventable deaths a year, researchers conclude.
Digital Government
CMS seeks input on personal health records
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants public input on what role it and its vast storehouse of data on Medicare beneficiaries should play in the development of personal health records.
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