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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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Competitive concerns hinder HIE data uses

 Kathryn Foxhall September 10, 2008
Researchers say sophisticated applications for health information exchanges are slowed by providers' unwillingness to part with their data.
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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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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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Memphis HIE chief says outlook good for sustainability

 Kathryn Foxhall September 09, 2008
Thomas Duarte tells AHRQ conference that buy-in from health care providers makes him optimistic about HIE's financial future.
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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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DHS center develops tools to track food-borne illness

Alice Lipowicz September 08, 2008
A Department of Homeland Security research group is working with major food suppliers on computer applications to track and assess the spread of food-borne illness.
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Online enrollment system for Medicare providers nears reality

 Nancy zz_Ferris September 08, 2008
But the Medical Group Management Association expresses skepticism about whether the new system will really solve enrollment problems.
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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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In the news: Katrina's toll on health records still lingers

 GHIT Staff September 02, 2008
Three years after Katrina, every health information management department in New Orleans is still trying to overcome damage caused by the storm, the American Health Information Management Association reports.
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In the news: NIH blocks public access to DNA databases

 GHIT Staff September 02, 2008
The National Institutes of Health pulls anonymous DNA records off line after learning of a new method to un-mask the identities of patients who were profiled.
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Washington state launches health records banking pilot projects

 Nancy zz_Ferris August 29, 2008
Patients in three communities will get access to e-health records information and can share the information with others.
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VA centers to coordinate rural veterans telehealth services

 Peter Buxbaum August 29, 2008
VA to debut three resource centers to support rural health information exchange among VA, federal civilian and commercial care providers.
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State CIOs advised to focus on Medicaid system modernization

 Nancy zz_Ferris August 28, 2008
National Association of State CIOs tells members their involvement in developing a Medicaid Information Technology Architecture in their states is "imperative."
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California foundation offers grants for patient self-management

 Brian August 27, 2008
Funding under the 3-year, $2.7 million program will target online social networking, support groups and other ways to link patients with resources outside the health system.
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Military to link war-zone docs to Landstuhl data

 Peter Buxbaum August 26, 2008
An upgrade of the Theater Medical Data Store would give in-theater health providers electronic access to lab tests and treatment data from the military's medical center in Germany.
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Planned Louisville health records bank takes another step forward

 Nancy zz_Ferris August 25, 2008
LouHIE issues RFP for a consortium of vendors to help it establish a records bank that's free to consumers and health care providers.
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