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Health Information Technology in the News

 

Kaiser Permanente complete rollout of electronic medical records 5/9/2008

Identity thieve prey on patients’ medical records 5/9/2008

Medicare PHR pilot is underway in South Carolina 5/9/2008

ER Smart Cards Debut 5/9/2008

Arizona Ordered to Stop Up E-Prescribing 5/9/2008

For-profit HIEs are the answer, entrepreneur says 5/9/2008

Florida HIE picks Web-based tool 5/9/2008

State laws impede health data exchange 5/6/2008

The Army's health IT hothouse 5/6/2008

Electronic health care records can help eliminate medical errors, Gringrich says 5/6/2008

States Use CMS Grants To Boost Primary Care Access, Cut ED Visits 5/6/2008

Indiana Health Information Exchange Eyes National Market 5/6/2008

ONC Aims for Open, Flexible Link to Health Data Network 5/6/2008

ONC Selects Six More Grups To Participate in NHIN Demonstration 5/6/2008

Stakeholders, Vendors Reassure Lawmakers About EHR Privacy 4/30/2008

Provider groups seek further delay in NPI-only deadline 4/30/2008

Report: Three-quarters of states are developing HIEs 4/30/2008

HHS Secretary Pushes Transparency, Health Care IT Adoption 4/30/2008

New Hampshire to Improve Health IT Infrastructure 4/30/2008

Group to Accelerate Health IT Standard Development Efforts 4/30/2008

Pilot project shows EMRs improve public health reporting 4/30/2008

California's largest purchaser of health insurance buys into statewide HIE 4/30/2008

Minnesota Could Be Health IT Model for Other States 4/30/2008

Warning on Storage of Health Records 4/22/2008

Participation in healthcare data exchanges grows - slowly 4/22/2008

CDC sees disease-tracking potential in EMRs 4/22/2008

New studies show benefits of IT on patients 4/22/2008

Incentives Could be Offered to Maryland Doctors to Drive Use of Electronic Records 4/17/2008

Joint Commission Calls for National HIE 4/16/2008

Do Ambulatory Surgery Centers Use Electronic Health Record Systems? 4/16/2008

White House Science and Tech Panel Will Call for Broader Privacy Law 4/16/2008

CDC Sees Disease-tracking Potential in EMRs 4/16/2008

E-Prescribing Can Cut Costs and Improve Patient Safety 4/16/2008