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Work calls for connecting 500 hospital labs to public health agencies
The comments on Stage 2 meaningful use guidelines are flooding into government offices fast and furious. Understandably, they are fraught with worries – the stakes are high.
Health, technology and other organizational professionals with desires to implement a thriving and successful health information exchange (HIE) should start by remembering the parts of speech they learned in elementary school.
Aneesh Chopra is the Chief Technology Office of the United States, previously served as managing director with the Advisory Board Company, a publicly traded healthcare think tank.
While much has been written about the philosophical underpinnings, goals, governance requirements, organizational models, economic theory and possible benefits of commercial and Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs), relatively little has been said about the technology infrastructure that is required for successful operation of an ACO.
Electronic medical records improve the quality of care in developing countries, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the schools of medicine at Indiana University and Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya.
More effective use of information technology after a major disaster could significantly improve patient outcomes, according to a study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California, Davis.
Montana's governor is urging lawmakers to reconsider their refusal of federal funding for electronic healthcare technology. Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.) says rejecting the incentive money will increase healthcare costs and decrease jobs.
A national index for measuring and mapping diabetes in the United States has been launched to help prevent the disease and help determine outcomes and costs associated with it.
A new bill introduced this week aims at expanding eligibility for electronic health record incentives to mental healthcare providers and facilities.