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July 27, 2010

Health IT key to national health security plan

HHS plan calls for linking specific systems, real-time communications and social media, but warns no new money will be available.
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July 15, 2010

CDC to track state efforts to prevent chronic disease
CDC will use an electronic system to monitor states' progress in tobacco and diabetes prevention and control.
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April 19, 2010

NCI will offer cancer e-care record for providers

National Cancer Institute plans to make a lightweight electronic health record available for sharing clinical data.
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March 10, 2010

The fire next time
Anthrax remains a 'weapon of choice' of terrorists, experts say, but information silos, turf wars and the budget crisis still hobble the U.S. biosurveillance network.
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February 08, 2010

Canada enlists HIT in chronic disease campaign
More than 30 organizations across Canada are mobilizing, deploying health IT, in $15M fight against chronic disease.
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January 05, 2010

Hall Monitor
The H1N1 crisis focused attention on the need for better IT systems to spot disease outbreaks in K"“12 schools, ground zero for future pandemics.
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January 05, 2010

Can roadrunner outpace HIV?
Department of Energy supercomputer is harnessed to find vaccine for the rapidly mutating human immunodeficiency virus.
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November 04, 2009

Veterans agency to track, assess PTSD treatments
VA said it seeks a Web-based system to monitor and analyze clinical care of veterans with post traumatic stress disorder.
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November 04, 2009

HHS enlists military medical surveillance in flu fight
The Health & Human Services Department will tap DoD and VA registries and health surveillance systems in fighting H1N1 virus.
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November 03, 2009

CDC to improve school closure tracking system
School monitoring system will provide more detailed, continuous view of school districts most hard hit by the flu, CDC said.
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October 23, 2009

Consumer technology may improve health outcomes
AHRQ study says interactive Web sites, computers and mobile phones contribute to better results.
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October 21, 2009

NCI to standardize cancer research data
National Cancer Institute plans to harmonize data across multiple research communities to improve information gathering and sharing.
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October 12, 2009

Kaiser to use $54M award to sift EHRs for clues to healthcare's greatest challenges.
NIH will fund the use of electronic health record database to test links between genes and heart disease, obesity and aging.
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October 09, 2009

NCI to open research grid to cancer patient 'army'
The National Cancer Institute is retooling its research grid to give scientists access to case information from hundreds of thousands of active patients.
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October 01, 2009

HHS touts health IT use at rural health center

In a report, agency cites Washington state health center's use of EHRs to fight diabetes in a rural community.
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September 22, 2009

CDC pursues organ transplant safety network
Sentinel network seeks to use electronic health records to help report potential risks associated with transplantation.
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September 12, 2009

The taming of the flu
The coming flu season is expected to put new disease-surveillance tools through their toughest performance test ever as public health agencies gird for a return of the H1N1 virus.
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July 30, 2009

Study finds national disease surveillance system underused

Epidemiology group says most states rely on hodge-podge of reporting tools to spot signs of disease.
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November 21, 2008

GAO: Cost of CDC's biosurveillance system remains unknown
Begun in 2003 and under redesign since 2007, BioSense lacks detailed plans and reliable cost projections, the auditors say.
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November 13, 2008

Google tool aims to track flu trends
Query-based system may be up to two weeks faster than traditional disease surveillance methods.
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