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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan March 09, 2012
This Week in Government Health IT: the brouhaha over EHR costs, Stage 2 public comments period begins, HL7’s broadening horizons, and the GOP pack.
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RSNA 2012: Stage 2 easier, but radiologists still likely to backburner MU

 Tom Sullivan November 20, 2012
Many radiology practices are apt to avoid meaningful use until the penalties kick in -- but waiting will only make the time crunch trickier.
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What avoiding the fiscal cliff might mean to Medicare

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org November 14, 2012
A lame duck Congress would probably look for cuts in the health care program for seniors and the disabled as it seeks to find ways to curb federal spending.
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CDC: Physicians steadily increase EHR adoption

 Mary Mosquera December 13, 2010
CDC survey shows that 50.7 percent of physicians in 2010 used some type of EHR compared with 48.3 percent in 2009.
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Perspective: HIE, 'omics' and personalized medicine

 Anthony Brino April 26, 2013
Associate Editor Anthony Brino on the intersection of genomics, health information exchange and more personalized medicine. Hint: A phone reading hearts rates and other vital signs.
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VistA Imaging upgrades will enhance exchanges with DOD

 Peter Buxbaum November 17, 2008
Vista Imaging will migrate to a service-oriented architecture and accommodate more file types.
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Air Force rolls out digital dental record system

Heather B. Hayes October 07, 2010
New service-wide dental EHR plans links to Army and Navy systems en route to global connectivity.
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Medical images may get a role in meaningful use

Mary Mosquera January 12, 2011
Blumenthal says ONC may consider tackling question of medical imaging in meaningful use of electronic health records.
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NCQA awards PCMH recognition

 Jeff Rowe April 20, 2012
It’s a given, nowadays, that EHRs are intended to transform the healthcare sector. But what’s increasingly interesting to us is how new models of healthcare delivery are beginning to change our approach to EHRs, and to health IT in general.
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$1M grant bringing HIE to rural CA providers

 Anthony Brino May 20, 2013
A grant program is trying to help doctors, clinics and hospitals in rural California link to HIEs, so patients being referred for specialized care in urban areas can have their medical history follow them.
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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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Rochester RHIO plots value of HIEs and imaging

 Patty Enrado October 30, 2012
Image exchange is big part of HIE value proposition and played significant role in recruiting radiology practices to participate in HIE.
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Chopra cites fed projects as health IT catalysts

 Mary Mosquera March 09, 2010
NCI research grid is an example of existing system that could spur health IT adoption, innovation, says CTO.
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The claims scrubbers

 John Pulley November 13, 2008
The health care community has a tough job on its hands: cleaning up a chaotic system for processing health claims that adds $210 billion annually in unnecessary costs.
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Speech recording provider strikes alliances

 Jeff Rowe January 31, 2012
One of the ongoing hurdles for providers moving to EHRs is the convenience, or lack thereof, of inputting data during patient visits.
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Federal health services choose VA imaging standard

 Bob Brewin July 10, 2006
The major federal health services may standardize on the VA's VistA system.
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VistA's horizons

 Bob Brewin October 09, 2006
The VA's VistA Imaging system had its beginnings in a government worker's basement home office. Now it straddles three departments and hundreds of clinical offices.
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Health care industry could learn from VA, says CBO

 Mary Mosquera August 17, 2009
Congressional Budget Office report says VA has done most things right in using IT to improve health outcomes.
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Idaho HIE helps providers meet MU stage 2, ACA measures

 Patty Enrado September 21, 2012
The Idaho Health Data Exchange continues signing up new providers and vendors, with the intent to help them become accountable care organizations, achieve stage 2 of meaningful use and, ultimately, comply with broader measures in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Shot in the arm for EHRs?

 John Moore January 25, 2008
The health IT industry hopes the first sets of certified inpatient EHR systems will spur physician adoption
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