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Big data's promise on stage at TEDMED

 Diana Manos April 18, 2013
Personalized medicine, better healthcare and what one presenter referred to as "real wisdom" will all require the collection and use of big data, speakers said at the conference.
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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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Housing Works: Coordinated care across multiple platforms with a homegrown app

 Patty Enrado March 22, 2013
The housing, medical, prevention services provider couldn't find software to replace its cumbersome Excel spreadsheet and paper chart processes, and now the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange is also using the tool to share information between the two entities.
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HIMSS13 boasts heavyweight keynoters

 Madelyn Kearns February 28, 2013
From former President Bill Clinton to Eric Topol, with a pair of seasoned political strategists in there too, next week's HIMSS13 conference will feature an impressive lineup of speakers.
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Study points to importance of training

 Jeff Rowe January 11, 2013
Sometimes it takes a study to deliver a message that, to put it mildly, we probably should have expected.
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The state of HIE as 2012 comes to a close

 Anthony Brino December 21, 2012
Anthony Brino considers how health information exchange has evolved, where things stand today, and what the future might hold.
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Hospital CIOs on HIE, EHRs in storm Sandy

 Erin McCann November 05, 2012
After the storm one CIO says that HIE is not really a focus when treating patients during a disaster, while another official explains that not having gone live with their EHR might actually have been a "blessing in disguise" for treating patients during a power outage.
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HIE is critical public utility in Sandy disaster

 Mike Miliard October 31, 2012
The Statewide Health Information Network of New York enabled critical continuity of care as patients moved around in wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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Commentary: Tapping NYeC standards to achieve value in HIE

 Patty Enrado October 19, 2012
Several downstate New York RHIOs are either collaborating or in talks with the New York eHealth Collaborative regarding infrastructure, services, database software and operational support, all with the intent to overcome HIE value barriers.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan October 18, 2012
Is this the beginning of the end of health IT's coveted bipartisan support? That, and NYeC's Digital Health Conference 2012, CDC on the verge of opening its cloud to public health, the Government Health IT Virtual Briefing, a debate, and more.
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Calling all entrepreneurs: HIT takes an ecosystem

 Tom Sullivan October 15, 2012
NYeC executive director David Whitlinger points out marketplace gaps in healthcare and how they create financial opportunities for product developers.
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New York groups partner to accelerate health IT

 Erin McCann October 15, 2012
NYeC, Partnership for New York City Fund create New York Digital Health Accelerator to spur health IT innovation and jobs across the state.
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Labor Dept. $500 million community college grants include health IT

 Bernie Monegain September 20, 2012
Educational institutions will use these funds to build training programs to meet industry needs, with healthcare and health IT among those.
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Interboro RHIO and NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation join SHIN - NY

Industry News Release August 16, 2012
The Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY) has announced a partnership with New York City's Interboro Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO).  This alliance is the next step in unifying New York State's existing regional health records exchanges into a strong statewide network. The SHIN-NY will improve healthcare and reduce costs by making health records securely accessible by providers treating a patient anywhere in the state.  The SHIN-NY is run by the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC).
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The upside of treating HIE like a public utility

 Patty Enrado July 13, 2012
The New York eHealth Collaborative has transformed itself into a service provider running health information exchange infrastructure for regional HIEs and RHIOs.
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National Government Services partners with TurningPoint Global Solutions to reduce Medicare fraud

Industry News Release July 12, 2012
National Government Services, Inc. announces it has been selected by TurningPoint Global Solutions, LLC, as a subcontractor for a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Center for Program Integrity (CPI) contract to reduce fraud, waste, abuse, and errors in the Medicare program. CPI is implementing a National Fraud Prevention Program (NFPP) focused on prevention and detection that is integrated, risk-based, and measurable.
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Public health: Where policy is tougher than police work

 Tom Sullivan June 11, 2012
Questions being posed at the Government Health IT Conference in Washington this week relate to standards, EHRs, HIE, and distributed queries -- all geared toward public and population health.
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NY formalizes statewide network for health records

 Mike Miliard June 08, 2012
RHIOs and HIEs join the SHIN-NY, the first use case of which will be a secure patient record look-up, officials say.
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CMS adopts private sector primary care solution to improve quality and reduce medical costs

Industry News Release June 07, 2012
Investment in the doctor patient relationship received another boost from WellPoint and CMS today. WellPoint’s industry leading primary care program was given a vote of confidence by CMS, as the agency announced the markets selected for its Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative. WellPoint’s affiliated health plans in Colorado, Ohio and New York were selected to participate.
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Coalition seeks to spur local health IT economy

 Jeff Rowe May 01, 2012
More often than not, health IT as an economic engine is considered a topic primarily for federal policymakers.
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