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HHS agenda looks to IT for self-management, patient engagement
HHS' newest 10-year health goals for the country, Healthy People 2020, focus on prevention, shared decisionmaking between patients and providers, personalized self-management of health conditions
'Virtual tape library' saves backup time, money for health system
The IT department at PinnacleHealth in Harrisburg, Pa., operates more than 300 servers, ensuring that applications are continuously available for 5,000 employees. But backing up eight terabytes of
HHS taking comments on planned National Health Security Strategy
Interoperability of health data is more than just a convenience for patients and providers. It could be a matter of national security. HHS is accepting public comments on the first set of details for
Mississippi HIE expansion represents a triumph over Katrina
I don't often choose health information exchange for the subject of my weekly Editor's Corner. It's not as immediate a topic as, say, last week's column on Dr. Donald M. Berwick being chosen to head
HIMSS10: Mobile and wireless technologies come of age
There's a reason why we launched FierceMobileHealthcare last year. Wireless and mobile technologies could represent the future of healthcare. They definitely will be represented at HIMSS10. The
How health IT will help Haiti
As far as I can tell from news reports, what little healthcare infrastructure Haiti had before last week's earthquake is all but gone now. Yet, some advanced health information technology soon will
Millions of patient billing records stolen from UT hospital
Billing records for about 2.2 million patients and guarantors were stolen last week from the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics, just one more in what appears to be a rapidly growing flood of
Millions of patient billing records stolen from UT hospital
Billing records for about 2.2 million patients and guarantors were stolen last week from the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics, just one more in what appears to be a rapidly growing flood of
