Digital Government
Senate slashes HHS health IT budget
IT coordinator office funding cut by 40 percent to $45.2 million.
Digital Government
Montana health IT center plans NHIN bid
The center is partnering with a North Carolina firm to bid on HHS' National Health Information Network prototype contracts.
Digital Government
HHS extends due date on health net proposals
About 200 companies have expressed interest in contracts for developing prototypes for the National Health Information Network.
Digital Government
NYC wants to track 530,000 diabetics
New York City's Department of Health could mandate automatic transmission of blood sugar tests to a patient registry.
Digital Government
Computer error mars Calgary lab tests
The results of approximately 2,000 lab tests from the last two months were linked to the wrong patients.
Digital Government
CMS tests home health monitoring
PDA-like Health Buddy will monitor patients with chronic illnesses, potentially cutting health care costs by five percent.
Digital Government
HHS keeps health net options open
One prototype of health data exchange will be based on open-source software.
People
DISA picks CA anti-spyware
SAIC will provide CA eTrust PestPatrol and related training across the Defense Department.
Digital Government
Privacy, security keys to EHR adoption globally
E-health officials in Australia and New Zealand say consumers need to be assured of the privacy of electronic patient records if deployments worldwide are to succeed.
Digital Government
Health privacy a British hot button
The British Medical Association warned of need to alleviate concerns if massive health IT project is to succeed.
Digital Government
Australia e-health strategy parallels U.S. efforts
Australia heads up a three-year initiative to develop a national electronic health record infrastructure.
Modernization
Smokers get the message
New Zealand study finds correlation between text messaging and smoking cessation.
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New Zealand tracks meningitis vaccine
New Zealand uses a computerized national immunization registry to help battle a meningococcal epidemic.
Digital Government
E-health hits South Africa
South African officials want vendors to submit suggestions for a nationwide electronic health record system.
Digital Government
Alberta hires Orion for health records
Orion North America expects to have the province-wide system running by March 31.
People
Open-source EHR suite gets upgrade
Hui OpenVista 3.0 includes selected patches to the VA system and includes a minimum subset of drugs in its pharmacy database.
Modernization
A leap in connectivity for global grid
DISA sees $3 billion procurement for up to 5,000 circuits as a commodity buy.
People
Raytheon exec tapped for defense IT
President Bush has nominated John Grimes to be assistant secretary of Defense for networks and information integration.
Digital Government
Wales releases e-health plan
The Informing Healthcare planning document calls for spending $47.4 million in 2005-2006 on electronic health care.
Digital Government
Australia health IT faces privacy fears
Public concerns over the privacy of Australia's electronic health record systems grow, and the efforts need more funding.
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