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ARRA is a 'golden' opportunity for nurse informaticists
It's not "[bleepin'] golden" like a certain ex-governor of Illinois might say, but the opportunity for nurse informaticists in the next few years is pretty close. "Now that everybody is trying to get
ALSO NOTED: EMR for the iPhone; SRA to run federal health databases; and much more...
> Well, that was fast. An EMR vendor has announced a new version of its technology that supports the Apple iPhone. Article
> U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded a $68.6 million contract to SRA International to operate the agency's National Practitioner Data Bank and Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank. …
MA providers search for health IT talent
In some ways, Massachusetts providers offer a welcome glance at the future of health IT adoption, taking a lead in the use of EMRs and e-prescribing. However, it also offers a glimpse into the issues increased adoption may create. Increasingly, the state's providers are having trouble finding staff members who know enough about both IT and clinical practice to move health IT efforts forward. Demand for health IT specialists is only likely to increase as legislative efforts push EMR …
Kolodner named interim health IT coordinator
As expected, the Health and Human Services Department named Robert Kolodner interim national coordinator for health IT last week. Kolodner has been chief health informatics officer at the Veterans Affairs Department's Veterans Health Administration. There he played a key role in the oversight and development of MyHealtheVet, a health portal for veterans to access health information, tools and services via the Internet, and VistA, the VA's generally-lauded electronic health records (EHR) …
