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NIH turns to Twitter to see sequester's impact on biomed research

 Anthony Brino May 08, 2013
As Congress and the President prepare for more budget battles this summer, NIH director Francis Collins, MD, seeks feedback via Twitter from biomedical researchers already feeling or bracing for a hit from federal sequestration.
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Boston Marathon bombing spotlights good and potential bad of social media, mHealth in disasters

 Tom Sullivan April 17, 2013
Social media and mobile health technologies facilitate communication more effectively than even before, but all the information and all the images, as useful as they are, might provoke mental health issues down the road.
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Commentary: Public health, disaster recovery and social media

 Janice Jacobs April 15, 2013
Janice Jacobs of HIMSS social media task force shares examples of how social media has been leveraged in the wake of natural disasters.
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Q&A: A look inside an international disaster doc's mHealth toolbox

 Tom Sullivan April 02, 2013
Dan Diamond ran a triage unit in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and was in-country immediately after the earthquake struck Haiti. The difference between available mobile technologies for each disaster was like night and day, but there are still some apps and tools he said would be really helpful.
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Alzheimer's connection project wins HHS innovation award

 Anthony Brino March 19, 2013
A project linking patients, caregivers and Alzheimer's research centers won the Department's third annual innovation award, as Secretary Sibelius and a Google HR guru talked about the need for collaboration in such a large organization.
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Kathleen Sebelius turns to Twitter

 Anthony Brino March 15, 2013
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is following some other federal officials in using Twitter for public engagement, as federal agencies like the CDC are looking to social media as a public health tool.
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Clinton says nothing wrong with healthcare that we can't fix

 Bernie Monegain March 07, 2013
Former President Bill Clinton in a keynote speech at HIMSS13 gave a master class on world healthcare saying that in America we need to stop "feeding the system so many sick people."
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The Cure Project aims to give providers a place at the HIT table

 Tom Sullivan March 04, 2013
A new initiative aims to transform health IT by involving the community in sculpting a clear definition for what the cadre of health IT projects are hoping to achieve.
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Pros and cons of the app economy

 Tom Sullivan March 03, 2013
The economy around mobile health applications is on fire. And that brings a whole slew of policy, privacy and security challenges.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan February 22, 2013
A new hashtag, VA CIO and CTO announce plans to leave, a Medicaid surprise in Florida, and tips for HIT recruitment and retention.
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Why EHR vendor websites matter

 Jeff Rowe February 21, 2013
Despite some skepticism, there are valid reasons for a recently-published academic report to delve into the web sites of electronic health records makers.
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Is an EHR backlash brewing?

 Tom Sullivan February 19, 2013
Both the phrase and a Twitter hashtag pertain to the current firestorm around electronic health records, the vendors, and the meaningful use incentive program.
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HHS awards app prize to Marshfield Clinic

 Bernie Monegain February 15, 2013
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation to receive $100,000 for its Heart Health Mobile app, which helps users determine risk of heart attack or stroke.
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VA Blue Button adds patient summary document tool

 Mary Mosquera January 23, 2013
The VA Continuity of Care Document (CCD) uses recognized standards that support patient data exchange between healthcare systems and providers.
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VA kicks off $9M VistA contest

 Erin McCann January 10, 2013
The department is looking to boost the medical scheduling system for its EHR and will award up to $3 million for each winner.
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Home Healthcare Recommendations to Target Fraud and End "Pay and Chase" Echoes Findings of New OIG Report

 Industry News Release December 26, 2012
A report released yesterday by the Office of the Inspector General, CMS and Contractor Oversight of Home Health Agencies, underscores the need to reform Medicare's current "pay and chase" practices and advance targeted program integrity reforms, according to the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare.
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Healthcare Information Xchange Of New York (HIXNY) Recognizes Physician Practice and Electronic Medical Record Company at Annual Meeting

 Industry News Release December 06, 2012
The Healthcare Information Xchange of New York (HIXNY) recognized a physician practice, an electronic medical records (EMR) company, and two of its own at the organization’s annual meeting December 4, 2012 at the Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia. Boston-based InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, was the exclusive sponsor for HIXNY’s annual meeting.
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mHealth Summit 2012

 Keith W. Boone December 05, 2012
I'm in DC for IHE meetings Tuesday and Wednesday, and giving a session at the 2012 mHealthSummit Wednesday afternoon on Trends on Mobile Interoperability and Standards. I scheduled my travel to attend the IHE educational session held on Monday, but decided to take advantage of by mHealthSummit badge to take look at the conference instead.
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The co-evolution of Internet retail and HIXs

 Anthony Brino December 03, 2012
Millions of American consumers flocked to internet retail in the 2000s, as cloud services grew and web design blossomed. By the time the ACA was passed, a first generation of online HIXs had laid the IT groundwork.
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HIMSS 4 ways to take informatics to the next level

 Charles Boicey, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS November 19, 2012
A brief history of MappyHealth, and how the lessons learned can be applied to fledgling informatics projects. Beginning, of course, with tapping social media to from collaborations.
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