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Gas crisis fuels telehealth

 Heather Hayes September 18, 2008
Higher gasoline costs are spurring hospitals, workers and patients to take a closer look at telehealth services.
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Is three a crowd?

 John Moore September 18, 2008
Multiple efforts are under way to certify and accredit health information networks.
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If you feel good today, press 1

 Heather Hayes September 18, 2008
Home health monitoring saves the government big bucks, but today's health care financing system is stacked against its growth.
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Doctors and the DEA

 John Moore September 18, 2008
Proposed rules that would let doctors electronically prescribe controlled substances could raise the security bar in ways that frustrate health care providers.
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Crimes of the chart

 John Pulley September 18, 2008
Until government and industry get serious about fighting medical identity theft, patients have few options for limiting exposure.
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The city game

 Peter Buxbaum September 18, 2008
New health risks and demands for better data are forcing city health departments to get serious about using IT.
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Taming health messaging

 GHIT Staff September 17, 2008
Health care organizations are actively adopting unified communications in administration but uptake in the clinical environment has been more modest.
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Stark health IT bill calls for Medicare incentives for doctors and hospitals

 Nancy zz_Ferris September 16, 2008
The House measure would also strengthen privacy protections and require HHS to produce a low-cost e-medical record system for doctors.
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Some military doctors let the software do the typing

 Peter Buxbaum September 16, 2008
Voice-recognition software used with DOD's AHLTA gets an upgrade, but not all military doctors have access to it.
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CMS activates emergency system to fill evacuees' prescriptions

 Heather Hayes September 15, 2008
The agency will help uninsured victims of hurricanes Gustav and Ike refill existing prescriptions at any pharmacy in the country.
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Harris names exec to lead military health care business

 David Hubler September 11, 2008
Barclay Butler has experience as a senior information technology executive in the military health care community.
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Health information exchanges say they're cutting costs and improving care

 Nancy zz_Ferris September 11, 2008
Annual eHealth Initiative survey finds that RHIOs and other HIEs are more than holding their own.
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Health IT Now renews call for action in Congress

 Nancy zz_Ferris September 10, 2008
A letter signed by more than 175 businesses and organizations urges House and Senate lawmakers to act on pending health IT bills.
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Vermont to score impact of EMRs

 GHIT Staff September 09, 2008
In exchange for subsidizing health IT for half of the state's independent doctors, Vermont wants metrics on their use of electronic ordering, e-prescribing, adherence to clinical guidelines and more.
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Medical ID theft spreading; preparation and training prescribed

 Maureen McKinney September 09, 2008
Panelists at an AHIMA webinar describe steps along the medical claims workflow that are most vulnerable to ID theft.
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Minnesota taps Covisint to build statewide HIE system

 John Moore September 08, 2008
The health information exchange will go live with medication histories in November, followed by laboratory results, immunization records and disease reporting next spring.
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N.C. health exchange launches portal-based EHR

 John Moore September 05, 2008
Project uses Medseek technology to let physicians access records across a dozen North Carolina hospitals.
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Shortliffe will succeed Detmer at AMIA

 Nancy zz_Ferris September 04, 2008
University of Arizona professor is named president and CEO of American Medical Informatics Association, effective July 2009.
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HHS names new batch of 'chartered value exchanges'

 Brian September 03, 2008
Department identifies community programs to receive Medicare data and assistance under a project to measure the quality of local health care services.
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Is three a crowd?

 GHIT Staff September 03, 2008
At least three separate efforts are now underway to certify and accredit health information networks. But multiple programs are only as good as their intentions to develop conforming standards and requirements.
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