Public health care programs are using IT tools, from population registries to remote monitoring systems, to get to the high ground in the fight against diabetes. And a growing body of evidence suggests it's working.
One breakout IT application is the electronic registry, which collects and sorts clinical data for large numbers of diabetes sufferers.
CDC contracts will seed large biosurveillance networks
New York, Indiana and three western states will expand their capacity to detect disease outbreaks, analyze public health data and keep abreast of health resources in an emergency.
(Posted March 20, 2008)
CSC to supply software to Centers for Disease Control
Under a three-year, $16 million task order, CSC will provide software support to CDC’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System’s base system.
(Posted March 17, 2008)
DOD to create health surveillance center
Health affairs chief Casscells said the military must improve its ability to respond to emerging health threats, such as SARS and other highly infectious diseases.
(Posted March 13, 2008)
Public health agencies test CDC health alerting service
The system is designed provide a reliable way to alert public health officials of disease outbreaks, bioterrorism emergencies and other public health events.
(Posted March 10, 2008)
Government Health IT presents Rick Friedman, director of the division of state systems for the Center for Medicaid and State Operations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in this recent eSeminar regarding how the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services is partnering with state Medicaid and health and human services officials to bring Medicaid into the digital age. Paul McCloskey, Government Health IT editor, moderates.
