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NewsVA investigates VistA EHR open source
A few months after being urged to embrace open source for its electronic health record system by an industry group, the Veterans Affairs Department says it's investigating the possibility. The... Read more...
Healthcare reform needs information technology
Information technology runs like a thread through the health insurance reform bill signed into law March 23 by President Obama. Among the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act... Read more...
VA shuts down EMR system to find a bug
The Department of Veterans Affairs has a problem with its electronic health record system, a problem that affects access to millions of patient records. The problem was so bad that the VA shut down... Read more...
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...
| Press ReleasesFairWarning® to Host Webinar on the True Cost of Patient Privacy BreachesWebinar to Feature Randy Gainer, the Attorney Who Represented Providence Health & Services in the First Resolution Agreement Resulting from Violation of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules --( Read more >> Electronic Health Records Vendor ChartLogic Applies for CertificationChartLogic Applies to the Drummond Group for Meaningful Use Certification SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ChartLogic, Inc., a leading provider of Electronic Health Records (EHR) to physician Read more >> UnitedHealth Group to Invest $10 Million to Help Improve Health Care Information Technology Systems at California’s CriticUnitedHealth Group also providing $200,000 in grants to assess health IT needs at California’s 31 Critical Access HospitalsThe investments come from UnitedHealth Group’s 20-year, $200 million Read more >> Pulse Makes the 2010 Inc. 5000 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in AmericaWICHITA, Kan., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulse, an industry-leading vendor of ambulatory healthcare software solutions has been named as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. (Logo: Read more >> MyFax Urges Healthcare Providers to Consider Internet Faxing When Transitioning to Electronic Medical RecordsMoving from paper to Internet faxing identified as an easy first step toward meeting President Obama’s goal of having all health records in electronic format by 2014 OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS Read more >> |
