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ONC Privacy team: don't limit non-targeted query

Anthony Brino May 07, 2013
The ONC Policy Committee's Privacy and Security team says there's no need for limitations on providers trying to locate patient record for direct treatment, aside from patient choice. The issue does raise some policy questions, though, and the Committee asked for a reformulation of the team's suggestions.
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Vets file class action over VA breach

 Anthony Brino May 03, 2013
Two veterans in South Carolina have filed a class action lawsuit against the VA stemming from a February breach, arguing that it would have been preventable with encryption.
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Lawmakers push Hagel on DoD-VA interoperability

 Anthony Brino April 17, 2013
As news of backlogs in veterans benefits continues to make headlines, lawmakers are pushing for answers on digital information exchange from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel -- who frankly described problems in the plans and cancelled an RFP, saying he'd have clarification plans soon.
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Vets mostly found benefits in PHRs, study finds

 Anthony Brino April 11, 2013
In a focus group, veterans who had access to a variety of their healthcare data cited improved communications with their providers and improved self-management.
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Vets may face insurance gaps without Medicaid expansion

 Anthony Brino March 26, 2013
Urban Institute researchers estimate that about half of the nation's 1.3 million uninsured veterans could remain without coverage in states that don't expand Medicaid.
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OIG: VA sending unencrypted patient data

 Anthony Brino March 07, 2013
The VA's Office of the Inspector General has found VA medical centers sending patient data unencrypted over the Internet and potentially exposing IP addresses, amid an apparent delay in IT security implementation.
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Q&A: iBlueButton empowers patients to be the HIE

 Mary Mosquera February 25, 2013
Humetrix expands its mobile health information hub to arm Apple and Android devices with access to various Blue Button accounts and, in so doing, moves patients closer to the center of their own health records.
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VA CTO, CIO departing

Anthony Brino February 19, 2013
VA CTO Paul Levin and CIO Roger Baker are both resigning after three years, leaving the agency as it serves a new generation of veterans with more modern IT systems and patient-centered technologies.
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Why HIE hinges on terminology standards

 Viet Nguyen, MD February 04, 2013
That the industry needs standards to facilitate the flow of data is widely understood. It's figuring out what those should be that's proving to be difficult.
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VA Awards Grants to Improve Health Care Access for Women Veterans

 Industry News Release January 30, 2013
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently awarded 33 grants to VA facilities for projects that will improve emergency health care services for women Veterans, expand women’s health education programs for VA staff, and offer telehealth programs to female Veterans in rural areas.
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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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RAND analysts say misaligned incentives hinder interoperability

 Anthony Brino January 07, 2013
In a Health Affairs commentary, Arthur Kellerman and Spencer Jones probe some of health IT's market challenges in producing interoperability and the pressure on healthcare to become more consumer-centric, with standards for more clinician- and patient-friendly software.
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New bill aims to remove coverage restrictions of telemedicine

 Erin McCann January 04, 2013
Introduced this week, the Telehealth Promotion Act of 2012 would increase access to telemedicine within Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, TRICARE, federal employee health plans and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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SAIC to provide HIS support to U.S. Coast Guard

 Erin McCann December 27, 2012
Under terms of the $!7 million contract, SAIC will provide operational support for the USCG's Integrated Health Information System.
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Congressman promotes western NY tech economy

 Anthony Brino December 20, 2012
Amid the fiscal cliff debate, one New York congressman is urging increased health IT support, and touting the growth of a number of health IT projects in Buffalo.
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Panetta says DoD, VA to 'meet or beat' iEHR rollout goals

 Erin McCann December 07, 2012
The Secretary of Defense, along with VA Secretary Shinseki say the agencies need "to do everything we can" to expedite development of the joint iEHR.
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ATA CEO says telehealth use to double in next few years

 Diana Manos November 28, 2012
Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association said during a panel discussion that the corner telehealth was expected to turn "has come and gone," and the next year will some "very important people joining the telehealth bandwagon."
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Tennessee health officials consider VistA for county clinic patient tracking system

 Anthony Brino November 26, 2012
The Tennessee Department of Health is asking for $9 million in its 2013-14 budget to build a new IT system linking its county health department clinics, using the open source VistA platform.
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VA's genomic and EHR database aims to drive personalized care

 Anthony Brino November 21, 2012
The Department of Veterans Affairs launched its Million Veterans Program in September, and hopes to build participation in the project and build a database of genomic and clinical data from veterans, to drive better veteran care.
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DoD awards contract for vendor neutral patient image archive

 Anthony Brino November 16, 2012
The Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency has awarded the nine year, $40 million contract to Acuo Technologies, for a universal clinical platform acting as a vendor neutral archive for enterprise patient imaging logistics.
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