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Task force recommends fixes for military health system

A presidential task force, created following revelations about mismanagement at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recommend ways to keep wounded veterans from falling through recordkeeping gaps between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

The group, dubbed the "Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes" and headed by VA Secretary Jim Nicholson, called on DOD and VA to develop a system of co-management and case management that promotes continuity of care" across the military services and the VA.


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Health IT is a foundation for reform, senators are told
An information infrastructure is the key to successful reforms, such as pay for performance or universal coverage, witnesses tell a Senate panel.
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Physician Pay-for-Performance in Medicaid: A Guide for States
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Government Health IT InSight eSeminar

From the battlefield to the home front: Managing medical data

Government Health IT presents Col. Claude Hines Jr., program manager for the Defense Health Information Management System, in this recent InSight eSeminar. Col. Hines discusses the health information technology and tactical challenges faced by the military medical community in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of conflict. In doing so, he describes the current information technology solutions for transferring clinical data between battlefield care givers to health care personnel at military treatment facilities worldwide.

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