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ALSO NOTED: First also noted headline; second headline; and much more...
> It looks like information on some 6,000 patients at the University of California San Francisco was accessible via the Internet for more than three months last year. Read more...
Study: More providers joining HIEs
While the process is slow, it appears that more healthcare providers are gradually linking up with health information exchanges, according to a new study released by IDC-HII. For example, 15 percent Read more...
ALSO NOTED: ACOP develops IT for "medical homes"; Harris gets NHIN gateway contract; and much more...
> The American College of Physicians has gotten a $50,000 grant that it plans to use to develop physician IT tools in order to support the development of the "medical home" model. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: ACOP develops IT for "medical homes"; Harris gets NHIN gateway contract; and much more...
> The American College of Physicians has gotten a $50,000 grant that it plans to use to develop physician IT tools in order to support the development of the "medical home" model. Read more...
CDC grants to help RHIOs share public health data
The CDC has awarded $38 million in contracts to help health information exchanges and regional health information organizations to create data sharing plans used to deliver information to public Read more...
HIMSS08: Kolodner expects increase in EMR use
Just in case you haven't had your fill, here's more optimism from the feds on HIT adoption. (As for me, it's getting a bit grating, as I don't see enough going on to actually make adoption happen.) Read more...
More momentum for connected providers
Much interesting going on in health IT news this week, most of which pertains, one way or another, to connecting up disparate providers across networks. While many of these developments are Read more...
FCC offers $400 million to connect providers with NHIN
The Federal Communications Commission has set final plans to spend more than $400 million over the next there years to connect up providers with the up-and-coming National Health Information Network Read more...
Report: Local RHIOs aren't likely to become national
A new report suggests that despite its popularity, the dominant model for developing a national health information network may not be working. The report, from the Information Technology and Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Consumers fear privacy breaches with EMR networks; More e-prescribing options in NH; and much more...
> Consumers are still worried that their personal health data won't be safe if it's accessible via a national health information network. Read more...
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