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The Office of the National Coordinator has asked the public to comment about privacy and security concerns associated with the use of electronic personal health record systems and tools.
A survey conducted by Emerson Network Power on IT and facility issues inside hospitals has shown that budget, power requirements and availability are top concerns - and that, given the mission-critical nature of healthcare IT, hospitals are increasingly dependent on technology to operate and serve patients.
Huron Consulting Group has acquired Click Commerce, a Beaverton, Ore.-based provider of technology and professional services to academic medical centers and research institutions. Huron hopes the purchase will bolster its higher education and healthcare research technology portfolio for clients.
Although the Internet age has improved American lives in many areas, researchers writing in the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics say healthcare still lags behind. Use of a personal health record portal offers potential to gain ground - particularly in chronic disease management.
As executive director of the Nebraska Health Information Exchange (NeHII), Deborah Bass knows what it takes to get a health information exchange (HIE) up and running successfully.
The Medical University of South Carolina's enterprise data warehouse is helping the academic medical center reduce chart abstraction time for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measures.
The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) set of standards, services and policies have been evolving through the years. In addition to funding statewide health information exchanges (HIEs), the federal government is touting connectivity using the NHIN.
Next to David Blumenthal, MD, head of the Office of the National Coordinator, John Halamka, MD, is arguably the most influential mover and shaker in health IT in the U.S. today.
National coordinator seeks public comment for upcoming discussion on personal health record privacy and security.
Plan calls to equip community and hospital-based clinics with e-record and practice management systems from eClinicalWorks.