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As Dr. Ted Eytan sees it, patients have far too little access to their own medical information, thanks largely to a medical and societal culture that encourages keeping records close to the vest. Read more...

We've said it before and we'll say it again: The fact that several of the PHR initiatives launched Read more...

So, the Google boys have marched into town with their own PHR, which they demonstrated last week for a marveling crowd at HIMSS08. At a modest booth on a side alley at the exhibition, Google was Read more...

Hotel operator Marriott has rolled out a Web-based PHR to 50,000 employees across the U.S. Marriott is doing the rollout after conducting a small pilot test with the PHR system, developed by Read more...

OK, maybe some of you are sick of hearing me harp on this subject, but I'll ask again--what the heck is a personal health record? One view comes from America's Health Insurance Plans: "The industry Read more...

The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) has issued a new set of standards Read more...

As demands for healthcare quality data increase, and the role of IT in improving quality has grown, there's been an increasing demand for hospitals to employ a chief medical information officer. Read more...

> Like their peers in communities across the U.S., Portland, Ore. physicians and hospitals were psyched to get together plans for a health information exchange. But then things started to fall Read more...

Managing releases of medical information (ROI) can be a major drain on a health organization. Nowhere is that more true than at Henry Ford Hospital and Health Network, which gets more than 42,000 ROI requests every year. To tame this problem, Henry Ford has re-engineered its entire process, using a new work flow management tool which controls access to both paper and electronic medical records. The new, affordable system has generated some remarkable benefits, including a 50 to 60 …

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Are you a highly computer-savvy physician? Well, now may be your golden hour, according to one blogger. The position of chief medical information officer (CMIO) is getting hotter by the minute, as hospitals seek doctors to manage their investments in clinical IT categories like EMRs, e-prescribing and clinical support systems. CMIOs often make $200K or more per year, with some enjoying much larger salaries than that. And this isn't a boring job--they get the shape the future of medicine, …

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