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Google spending big bucks on health IT lobbying
Wondering how big a stake Google feels it has in the progress of health IT rules under the stimulus package? Well, at least $880,000 worth, according to federal reports tracking lobbying activities... Read more...
PHRs face serious growing pains
In theory, PHRs seem like a nifty idea, allowing patients to make their clinical and administrative information available to any provider that can access a web browser. Doctors and hospitals save the... Read more...
Firm rates Google, Microsoft PHRs
So whose PHR is easier to use, Microsoft's or Google's? According to a new study by research firm User Centric, Google's currently has the edge, as users find it easier to navigate enter health data.... Read more...
IBM, Google to stream device data to PHRs
Google has teamed up with IBM to add new technology to its PHR that will automatically import data from medical devices. The new feature uses software IBM created, and guidelines from Continua Health... Read more...
What Obama's administration means to health IT
According to TEPR founder Peter Waegemann, only time will tell how much success the Obama administration will have in the field of health IT. A strong advocate of mobile health, Waegemann believes... Read more...
Key players agree on PHR framework
A group of the leading lights in the PHR world have come together to endorse a PHR standard, potentially putting to bed the initial arguments over what a PHR actually is and shifting participants'... Read more...
Microsoft brings on Verisign for PHR security
Last week, Microsoft struck a blow for consumer confidence in its PHR technology suite, Health Vault, by bringing on VeriSign as a security provider. HealthVault users are now able to log in to their... Read more...
Google, Microsoft PHRs sign health plan partners
The PHR war between Google, Microsoft and rivals seems to have reached a new stage, with Google and Microsoft scoring major insurance partners this week. Google Health has just recruited its first... Read more...
Google Health beta launches
Sound the trumpets: Google Health has launched its official public beta of its personal health record. While Google's offering theoretically goes head-to-head with products like Read more...
A new paradigm for EMRs--publishing
Over the last year or so, an aggressive little health IT startup in San Francisco has drawn a fair amount of press for its size, including a mention in the New York Times. The company, Practice... Read more...
