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Even water problems won't dampen the HIMSS13 spirit

 Tom Sullivan March 04, 2013
In a first for the HIMSS show, citywide water pressure issues on Sunday were felt inside the New Orleans Convention Center.
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Infographic: Biggest healthcare data breaches of 2012

 Erin McCann December 12, 2012
Healthcare IT News' top 10 list of the largest healthcare data breaches of 2012 should send a blaring message: Healthcare organizations are not taking the steps necessary to protect patients' personal health information.
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The evolution of bioinformatics and fusing molecular biology and clinical data

 Anthony Brino November 09, 2012
A conversation about biomedical informatics research with Brian Athey, from the University of Michigan Medical School’s National Center for Integrative Bio Informatics, which is merging into the international bioinformatics warehouse tranSMART.
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Petition seeks health benefits for Sandy first responders

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org November 05, 2012
Part-time workers comprise some 70 percent of FEMA's workforce and they often operate without health insurance coverage.
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The imminent industry-association war over ICD-10

 Tom Sullivan February 06, 2012
Is there a civil war already underway between healthcare industry associations? And why hasn't the federal government properly assessed if ICD-10 is even sustainable for all but the largest providers?
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Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT

 Tom Sullivan November 10, 2011
OCR audits, PHI for HIEs, HIX IT, the value of electronic medical data in the theater of war, and more.
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Fire, aim, ready: Will states make the right investment in HIX IT?

Bobbie Wilbur November 08, 2011
To reach the health insurance exchange timelines U.S. states must begin building necessary IT infrastructure now, but the federal guidelines and standards are not yet solidified. Caveat emptor.
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Fire, aim, ready: Will states make the right investment in HIX IT?

Claudia Page November 08, 2011
To reach the health insurance exchange timelines U.S. states must begin building necessary IT infrastructure now, but the federal guidelines and standards are not yet solidified. Caveat emptor.
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Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT

 Tom Sullivan October 06, 2011
AHIMA, ICD-10, ICD-11, a DoD contractor in theater, NwHIN moves forward, and of course a Yeti.
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ICD-10's ten-year reign of fear

 Tom Sullivan October 03, 2011
Shortly after the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recommended that the United States adopt ICD-10, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) assembled a session on the code scheme for its annual conference. The last-minute addition was so late, in fact, that the MGMA did not have time to include it on the printed agenda, and the only available time slot was 7 a.m.
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Craneware announces new solution designed specifically to meet the needs of critical access hospitals

 Industry News Release September 28, 2011
President Barack Obama recently announced new initiatives recommended by the White House Rural Council for creating jobs and increasing access to healthcare technology in rural America. As part of this plan, loans from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be available to help more than 1,300 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) recruit additional staff and purchase software and hardware needed to implement health technology. Craneware, Inc., the market leader in automated revenue integrity solutions, has also recognized the specific challenges that rural healthcare providers face in the current economy, and as such, today announced a new revenue integrity solution specifically designed and priced to help CAH facilities use technology to optimize legitimate reimbursement, minimize compliance risk and increase operational efficiency.
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Health IT leaders tout progress on e-health

. . June 17, 2010
During National Health IT Week, health IT leaders meet with legislators, press for regulatory advances
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Facing adversity, 'a refusal to give up'

 Nicole Lewis April 27, 2010
Despite a tech-impoverished background Surgeon General has history of supporting health IT.
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Pentagon testing helmet-mounted trauma sensor

 Peter Buxbaum April 10, 2008
Iraq-bound combat team to wear devices that could help identify soldiers exposed to blasts and map injuries to outcomes.
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Crisis communications 2.0

 David Raths November 01, 2007
Pioneering emergency response organizations tout the benefits of Web 2.0 tools.
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911 wiped out in many areas

 Dibya Sarkar September 02, 2005
Rescue workers say there is no communications infrastructure in some areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.
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