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April 23, 2013

Report quantifies EHR benefits for Canadian docs
While only a bit more than half of Canadian primary care doctors have adopted EHRs so far, the benefits since adoption started growing in 2006 are estimated at close to $1.3 billion, from reduced administration and duplicate testing.
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March 28, 2013

Healthcare far more costly in U.S. than other developed nations
A new report from the International Federation of Health Plans found the greatest cost differences between the U.S. and other countries apply to hospital stays and surgical procedures.
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March 15, 2013

AHRQ spotlights global HIT progress
New report delves into the achievement of Partners in Health around the world, including Haiti, Malawi, and Peru.
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November 01, 2012

International project doubles genomic variation catalog in cloud database
The 1,000 Genomes Project has produced an integrated haplotype map based on 1,092 individuals from across the globe, highlighting parts of the genome often associated with disease susceptibility, drug response and reaction to environmental factors. The open source databases are hoped to expand clinical innovation.
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August 30, 2012

Update: What fact-checkers are finding about healthcare at the RNC
Not much is new, for one. Which is to say the GOP is twisting some matters decidedly against Obama and PPACA, but Government Health IT readers have heard them before.
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August 28, 2012

ONC holds contest for apps to fight cancer among minority women
ONC seeks mobile phone application that delivers information directly to minority and medically underserved women at high risk of cancer.
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August 28, 2012

Some in Canada longing for ONC-esque policies, researcher says
Canadian officials find the country's policy implementation lacks direction at the federal level, which has resulted in differing levels of HIE and EHR success among the various provinces.
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August 24, 2012

The political healthcare week that was on Twitter
From Planet Twitter: Choice and government in the healthcare marketplace, defending reproductive rights and healthcare quality and spending, biking and health in France, healthcare for immigrants in Spain.
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April 30, 2012

Through 2020, the pharmaceutical industry's support for the US ACA will total approximately $90B

Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that annual fees related to the U.S. Affordable Care Act which will be levied on drug manufacturers will cost the pharmaceutical industry approximately $30.8 billion from 2011 through 2020. Also, measures to close the Medicare Part D coverage gap will add an additional $30 billion to the industry’s expenses and Medicaid rebate increases are projected to cost the industry $20 billion over the next ten years. In total, the pharmaceutical industry's support for this healthcare reform will add up to approximately $90 billion through 2020.
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April 09, 2012

TEDMED 2012 Conference begins tomorrow; Will launch great challenges program
TEDMED, www.TEDMED.com, the annual multi-disciplinary gathering where leaders from all sectors of society come together to explore the promise of technology and potential of human achievement in health and medicine, begins tomorrow at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
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April 04, 2012

HIPAAT to provide consent management service for TELUS HIE platform
TELUS Health Solutions and HIPAAT Inc. announced they are integrating HIPAAT's leading Privacy eSuite consent management service with TELUS' Assure EHR Integration Platform to bring patient-centered privacy to jurisdictional health information exchange. Privacy eSuite electronically manages patients' consent to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal health information while simultaneously adjudicating organizational and jurisdictional privacy policies.
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April 03, 2012

North American countries join forces to prepare for pandemics

A new North American Plan for Animal and Pandemic Influenza supports a faster and more coordinated response to influenza pandemics in North America. President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper released the plan jointly this week during the North American Leaders Summit as a way to enhance the health and safety of residents of all three nations.
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March 09, 2012

MAXIMUS and theONC for health IT to host roundtable on protecting health information
Public event to focus on securing and protecting health information on mobile devices
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January 17, 2012

CGI awarded US$89.4M contract to deliver system and software engineering to the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), Fires Software Engineering Division (FSED), has awarded CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A), a US$89.4 million contract to provide system and software engineering support services. The contract has a one-year base with one, one-year option period.
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December 21, 2011

State of Vermont selects CGI’s public sector budgeting solution to modernize statewide budget operations
CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A), a leading provider of information technology and business process services, today announced that the State of Vermont’s Office of Budget and Management selected, through a competitive evaluation process, CGI’s public sector performance budgeting solution to replace its aging budget system and integrate with the State’s existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform.
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December 05, 2011

Top 5 ICD-10 pitfalls
Expert panel weighs in with the five aspects of the new coding system most likely to cause problems during the conversion.
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November 22, 2011

CMS selects CGI to develop and implement comparison tool for health consumers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A), a US$8.9 million two-year contract to develop and implement the CMS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight’s (CCIIO) Rate and Benefits Information System (RBIS).
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October 19, 2011

CGI awarded five-year, US$20.16 million contract renewal with the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command

The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM), Global Combat Support Systems—Marine Corps (GCSS-MC) Logistics Information Systems Office (LIS) has awarded CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) a contract renewal worth US$20.16 million over a five year period to provide post-deployment software support for the Storage Retrieval Automated Tracking Integrated System (STRATIS).
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October 18, 2011

QuadraMed announces 5-year deal with DeVry University to enhance medical coding education
QuadraMed(R) Corporation, a leading provider of healthcare technologies and services that improve the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care, today announced a five-year agreement with DeVry University to incorporate its Quantim(R) suite of Health Information Management (HIM) Coding, Compliance and Record Management solutions into the school's health sciences curriculum.
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October 13, 2011

Naval Air Systems Command selects CGI for US$27.96 million contract

CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., has been awarded a contract renewal worth $27.96 million over a five year period to support the Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR) Central Kitting Activity (CKA).
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