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HIN: Health IT advisory group turns focus on bio-surveillance, health monitoring
A federal advisory body will explore ways to implement a nationwide public health event-monitoring network that would help healthcare providers and public health officials rapidly respond to outbreaks, bioterrorism threats or flu pandemics. ... Comments (0)
Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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HHS wants automated public health reporting
Health and Human Services secretary Mike Leavitt wants health care providers to have the capability, within one year, to transmit three types of data as part of nationwide public health information reporting. ... Comments (0)
Source: GCN.com, US
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Feds Drive E-Health Records In Devastated Gulf Coast
When hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast, they destroyed not only homes and businesses but thousands of paper medical records, too. In the storms' aftermath, health-insurance companies were able to re-create basic electronic health records for many customers by tapping into their insurance and drug-prescription databases. ... Comments (0)
Source: InformationWeek, US
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Five Steps to Healthcare Business Intelligence Success
Organizations just beginning the business intelligence journey often face the same fundamental question of where to begin. While this is the question for organizations in all industries, it is especially true right now in healthcare. ... Comments (0)
Source: B-EYE-Network, US
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Kidney Specialists Select InteGreat
The Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center in Phoenix will implement electronic medical records software across its seven facilities. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Siemens, NextGen Integrate
Malvern, Pa.-based Siemens Medical Solutions has integrated its combined radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system with the physician practice management software of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Horsham, Pa. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Predictive modeling tool uses Rx data
The statistical performance of predictive modeling tools using pharmacy claims data to identify groups appropriate for care or disease management is excellent, a recent study found. ... Comments (0)
Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Health care seen slow to switch to electronic records
You can bank online, buy airline tickets over the Internet, but the health care industry -- at least in Vermont -- has been slower to get up to speed with the computer age. ... Comments (0)
Source: Boston Globe, US
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Uganda pioneers in healthcare information system
Uganda has become the first country in the world to benefit from a healthcare information system that manages, measures and monitors the distribution of Anti retroviral drugs (ARVs). ... Comments (0)
Source: digital opportunity channel, India
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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W3C Launches Group Linking Medical Industry with Semantic Web
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is launching a new interest Group to connect medical industry verticals with Semantic Web experts in an effort to improve collaboration, research and development, and innovation adoption in the health care and life science industries. ... Comments (0)
Source: LinuxElectrons, US
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Highmark e-prescribing initiative raises the bar
The push toward electronic prescribing has come a long way since a frustrated health plan executive declared that “free isn’t cheap enough” for physicians bent on resisting the inevitable electronic revolution in healthcare.
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Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Blues-Visa deal augers growth in consumer plans
The deal announced last week between the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Visa is a clear sign the market is responding to growing interest in consumer directed health plans, market watchers say. ... Comments (0)
Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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HHS spending levels still in debate
Lawmakers returning to Congress in early December will again take up a spending bill for the departments of Labor, Education and HHS after the House earlier this month failed to approve a $142.5 billion budget for the departments. ... Comments (0)
Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Siemens to Resell EMC Technology
Malvern, Pa.-based Siemens Medical Solutions will market the data storage management technologies of EMC Corp., Hopkinton, Mass. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Governments fuel growth in health care IT market
Medicine is an increasingly hi-tech business, but doctors and hospitals around the world remain bogged down in paperwork.
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Source: ZDNet, US
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Survey: Small, Medium Employers More Likely To Offer Benefits Portals
Seventy-one percent of companies surveyed with 1,000 or fewer employees plan to offer benefits portals within the next two years, according to Forrester Research. Forty-seven percent of employers surveyed with 250 or fewer employees said they plan to launch a benefits portal, and 24% of employers with 250 to 1,000 employees said they have portal plans.
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Source: iHealth Beat, US
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Hospitals say anti-fraud exemptions too narrow to spur IT use
Proposed Medicare rules designed to remove legal barriers to the donation of e-prescribing and electronic health records don’t go far enough, according to some hospital leaders and healthcare providers.
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Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Supercomputer fights AIDS
One of the world's most powerful computing systems is battling AIDS. In the first research effort of its kind, World Community Grid is devoting massive computational powers to FightAIDS@Home.
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Source: iT News, Australia
Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Mississippi Docs Get the Gold
Medicaid providers in Mississippi will receive PDAs equipped with electronic prescribing and decision support applications from Gold Standard, Tampa, Fla. ... Comments (0)
Source: Mobile Health Data, US
Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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HIPAA Comment Period Lengthened
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services granted a 60-day extension on the comment period for the proposed HIPAA claims attachments rule. Published Sept. 23, the rule’s original Nov. 22 deadline for submitting comments is now moved to Jan. 23. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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