News, Analysis, & Opinion on Impact of Government on Health IT
Virginia Beach: Pretty good health privacy
The city’s home-grown Secure Messaging Application enables employees to send health-related files securely in a way that meets HIPAA standards and is intuitive to use.
For-profit HIEs are the answer, entrepreneur says His prediction: HIEs driven by business needs and relationships will outpace the non-profit, community-based model feds are advocating. (Posted May 8, 2008)
Arizona puts pressure on e-prescribing adoption An executive order by Gov. Napolitano requires state agencies to accelerate adoption of e-prescribing and identify challenges that rural communities face in increasing e-prescribing usage. (Posted May 7, 2008)
DOD funds project to develop brain trauma detector The grant will underwrite an eye-tracking device to spot lapses in the ability to synchronize motion, an indicator of brain trauma. (Posted May 6, 2008)
Brooklyn bridges
The Brooklyn Health Information Exchange aims to unite the health landscape of the borough, a captivating place to visit but a challenging arena in which to practice medicine.
(Posted April 17, 2008)
CDC contracts will seed large biosurveillance networks
New York, Indiana and three western states will expand their capacity to detect disease outbreaks, analyze public health data and keep abreast of health resources in an emergency.
(Posted March 20, 2008)
Government Health IT presents Rick Friedman, director of the division of state systems for the Center for Medicaid and State Operations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in this recent eSeminar regarding how the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services is partnering with state Medicaid and health and human services officials to bring Medicaid into the digital age. Paul McCloskey, Government Health IT editor, moderates.
