Military Health

 
HIMSS12: VA, DoD 'a force that can move markets'
February 21, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
Panelists in the session 'A new era in DoD/VA health IT' discuss how VLER and iEHR are evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly-diversifying military patient population.
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MHS gives glimpse of future HIT
February 21, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
The Military Health System "likes to foster innovation," an official said during a HIMSS12 session Tuesday. Particularly when it comes to improving patient care.
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Sen. Udall drafting bill to kill telemedicine barriers
February 2, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
Legislation is needed to streamline medical license portability among states to accelerate telemedicine in the absence of market changes.
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VA taps DSHI for ER mobile triage
January 31, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
VA Employee Innovation Competition sparked some 6,5000 ideas, and DSHI was one of the big winners.
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VA enhances Blue Button features
January 23, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
The Blue Button experience will drive veterans and other consumers to expect access to their health data from other providers, VA says.
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VHA picks vendor for virtual patient pilot
January 23, 2012 | Mike Miliard
The Veterans Health Administration will use Decision Simulation's platform for training and education.
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OPM adds Blue Button to federal employee health plans
January 19, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
Federal health insurers that don't already offer Blue Button must notify OPM by March 15 of their plans to add it to their PHRs.
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HIT VC more than doubled in 2011
January 18, 2012 | Diana Manos
A Mercom report found that nearly half a billion in venture capital flowed through the health IT realm last year, compared with $211 million in 2010.
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7 HIT lessons from the VA's Blue Button initiative
January 11, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
Strong leadership, steady stewardship, and a focus on the patient are among attributes that have made the Blue Button program a success from the very beginning.
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Field test in Laos: Army extends EMR to humanitarian assistance, disaster relief
January 6, 2012 | Capt. Edward Roach
The U.S. Army effort to not only shrink those stacks of paper, but also bolster continuity and quality of care, paid off for more than 3,000 people treated over four days in the communist country.
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The telehealth year in review
December 29, 2011 | Government Health IT Staff
Even just five years into the future, 2011 might be considered the watershed year for telehealth technologies and practices, thanks largely to a fistful of developments, federally-funded and otherwise.
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VA plans new VistA medical scheduling system
December 23, 2011 | Mary Mosquera
A Web-based system could manage appointments, patient information and coordinate associate services across all VA facilities for a single view of veterans.
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Best Practices to Deploy ECM Technologies: Ensure Decisions are Made Based on all the Information, not a Portion of it
October 11, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
In this Web seminar, learn firsthand from five healthcare organizations how, after integrating Perceptive Software enterprise content management (ECM) products, they are realizing cost and time-saving benefits enterprise-wide. The customer panel will share lessons learned and best practices for deploying ECM technology with their business and health information systems.
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The Power of User Virtualization: Meeting Meaningful Use, Optimizing IT and Clinical Productivity
August 23, 2011 | White Papers
Transformative changes such as healthcare reform mandates, advanced stages of meaningful use criteria and conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 code sets require healthcare providers’ IT assets to be flexible, scalable and interoperable in order to respond. Learn how user virtualization provides the ability to react quickly while improving user experience and operational efficiency.
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VMware View for Healthcare: Improve Clinician Workflow
August 5, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
VMware View streamlines desktop and application management, accelerates provisioning and improves security through centralization, resulting in an immediately accessible, always available desktop for healthcare providers. VMware View enables healthcare organizations to quickly respond to changing needs while reducing cost and complexity.
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Coordinating Care Across Communities with Microsoft HealthVault Community Connect
May 31, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
In this webinar Dr. Marc Pierson, Lori Nichols, and Brady Davis will discuss how PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is improving patient adherence to care plans, and community-based care coordination with Microsoft HealthVault Community Connect and Shared Care Plan.
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Blue Button begets Green Button
January 24, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
Like its healthcare model, Green Button lets consumers download their energy data from their electric utility to their computer.
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MC4's New Year's resolutions
January 20, 2012 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
Since millions of people a year make outlandish resolutions they never intend to meet, why can't I?
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Highlights of MC4 accomplishments in 2011
December 19, 2011 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
The Army's Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care unit captured more than 2 million electronic patient encounters, fielded telehealth tools to Afghanistan and Iraq, and more during the past 12 months.
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Who moved my cheese ... err ... MC4?
December 6, 2011 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
A look at the Army's Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care unit's role in the hand-off taking place in Afghanistan and Kuwait.
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The Military Medical Technologies Month that was
December 1, 2011 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
A look at what MC4 and some of its partners are undertaking to bring the best of science and technology to medics and soldiers in theater.
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MC4 Salutes Veterans
November 10, 2011 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
Lt. Col. Geesey encourages every MC4 user "to remember that everything they do to support a patient's EMR really does have an impact on that Soldier or veteran's future." A lesson, perhaps, for everyone in the health IT and medical realms.
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Supplies on demand in AFRICOM
October 25, 2011 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
How MC4 is helping an infectious disease lab in Kenya to streamline medical supply orders.
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EMRs gone in 60 seconds
October 18, 2011 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
Recounting an exercise in which medics tested handhelds against tablets for documenting patient care downrange. Hint: Android devices were popular, but posed some problems.
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Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT
October 13, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
Occupy Wall Street and healthcare, sustainable HIEs, beginning your EMR journey, telesurgery, SOA, ICD-10. It's all in here.
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Duct tape, plastic sheeting, and MC4
October 7, 2011 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
As the quick reaction force (QRF) for Army medical IT, MC4 is ready when and where disaster might strike again.
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MC4: Shout out for voice recognition software
September 28, 2011 | Lt. Col. William E. Geesey
Encouraging deployed medical staff to use voice recognition tools, the Army's MC4 unit makes new training and support resources available.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
September 21, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
ICD-10’s confusing cost estimates, EHRs to become more ‘patient consent’ friendly, the first of 12 best practices for HIT, and more.
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