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HHS launches a health IT blog
If your agency doesn't have a blog online, you better start thinking about developing one. There are blogs popping up throughout government, the latest way to communicate to the public via the... Read more...
Industry posse to revitalize VA e-health records
A "who's-who" of private sector technology companies met on Wednesday to caucus on ways to modernize the federal electronic health record system that stores the medical records for millions of... Read more...
ID management remains a problem
Controlling proper access to government computers is a big challenge for some federal agencies, creating security issues and involving high costs. At the Department of Health and Human Services,... Read more...
VA sees IT as path to better service
Roger Baker, the chief information officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said he believes that computerized records including electronic health records will vastly upgrade services for all... Read more...
VA IT may get a huge windfall
The Senate Appropriation Committee recently gave the heads up to the Department of Veterans Affairs for more than $3.3 billion for information technology in 2010. The money, still in the hopper,... Read more...
VA CIO: Legacy systems prevent change
Roger Baker, the VA's new CIO, has plenty of ideas about what information technology works and what doesn't for the Department of Veterans Affairs. He is certain of one thing: It won't be easy moving... Read more...
Rx needed for VA's IT problems
There's a headache every day somewhere in the federal IT world. And this time, the Department of Veterans Affairs needs to take two aspirin and retool. A report by the Inspector General finds that... Read more...
Another website to learn about e-health
A new website may be developed to teach the public about personal health records as the Obama administration moves quickly to e-Health. The idea is being proposed by the Office of the National... Read more...
Lobby wants to control certification of health IT
Major technology vendors want the Obama administration to choose their own entity to be the primary authority on certification of all electronic health-records funded by the billions of dollars from... Read more...
Universal VA e-health records coming your way
A lifetime electronic health record for members of the military and veterans is not just a dream; it's the reality that the Obama administration is determined to achieve. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki... Read more...
