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FDA network to track drug, device safety
The Food and Drug Administration is taking technology to a new level to police the safety of drugs and medical devices. The FDA is building a nationwide electronic system to continuously track drugs... 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...
HHS likely to certify EMR technologies
The Department of Health and Human Services is likely to take on a new job soon: certifying what health record technologies qualify for billions of dollars in reimbursements under the stimulus... 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...
SPOTLIGHT: Is Obama's health IT plan flawed?
The Obama administration plans to spend billions of dollars to get hospitals to start using electronic medical records. But this plan to go digital, part of the health reform effort to reduce costs... 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...
Feds want IT tool kit for docs
It's become conventional wisdom that IT health records will improve medical care, reduce costs and make life better for patients and doctors. The Obama administration is pumping millions of dollars... 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...
