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NewsHow far has Google Health really fallen?
John Moore of Chilmark Research, a respected health IT industry blogger, suggested this week that Google Health is "cryogenically" frozen in place after the disbanding of most of its development Read more...
White House pushes public/private collaboration for identity protection
President Obama's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace report, which outlines how the government will work with the private sector to develop a new approach to Internet security, Read more...
Microsoft touts cloud computing in healthcare as providers wait for better security
While acknowledging the myriad privacy and security concerns about cloud computing, a top Microsoft healthcare official is touting the technology as an affordable means of network maintenance, health Read more...
Boston hospital rises to unique challenges of pediatric health IT
If health IT were one-size-fits-all, we might actually have a nationwide system of interoperable EMRs by now. But it's not. And nowhere are the differences more pronounced than in pediatrics, largely Read more...
Study: EMR market should grow 14 percent annually through 2012
A new study from research firm Kalorama Information projects that the EMR market will grow 14.1 percent each year over the next few years, up from $9.5 billion in 2007. Kalorama is predicting that 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...
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...
NAHIT name game gives some vendors a headache
In theory, it doesn't make sense to move ahead with major IT initiatives until the industry has at least some clue as to how to define key terms. However, a recent effort by the National Alliance for 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...
SPOTLIGHT: World Privacy Forum sounds alarm over PHR services
As we've discussed elsewhere, companies like Google and Microsoft (plus many smaller competitors) are determined to establish a beachhead in the personal health record space. That has some privacy Read more...
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