The Buzz (1422)
CDC Wants to Use Smartphones to Collect Health Data
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is proposing a new project that would use smartphones to collect information on health behaviors, reports MobiHealth News.
Read more...
Group Will Develop Electronic Health Record Safety Protocol
A new group, the Safety Assurance Factors for Electronic Health Record Resilience, also known as the SAFER project, has formed, reports FierceEMR.
Read more...New Competition to Solve Healthcare Problems?
The Care Transformation Prize Series, a new initiative designed to encourage health organizations use data to solve healthcare problems, launched earlier this week, reports Government Health IT.
Read more...
Data Stolen from Arizona Facility
The Arizona Counseling and Treatment Services has notified 500 patients that their personal health information was stolen, reports Healthcare IT News.
Read more...
Obama's Budget Reflects Health ITs Importance
President Obama’s budget includes $11.8 billion for health information technology, reports Fierce Health IT.
Read more...Medical Wallet Goes Mobile
Simplee, a healthcare billing engagement company, now offers a mobile version of its online medical wallet platform, reports Mobi Health News.
Read more...
Providers Attesting to Meaningful Use Audited
Before releasing incentive payments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is auditing providers attesting to Meaningful Use, reports Fierce EMR.
Read more...
Pilot Telehealth Program Launched In Mass.
A new telehealth pilot program was recently announced by Massachusetts General Hospital, reports Healthcare IT News.
Read more...
Michigan HIE First to Get Insurer Participant
Michigan’s Health Information Network, a statewide health information exchange, recently got a new member, reports HIE Watch.
Read more...
Sponsors Hope Telemedicine Bill Passes Congress
The Fostering Independence Through Technology Act, which seeks to increase telemedicine access to remote and underserved parts of the country, has been re-introduced to the Senate for the fifth time, reports Healthcare IT News.
Read more...
Most Read
-
-
Jan 07 2009
-
Written by News
Six Trial Implementations of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN)…
-
-
-
Feb 16 2009
-
Written by Scott Koegler
Add us to your Safe Sender list: We want to…
-
-
-
Feb 18 2008
-
Written by Karen Corey
NextGen EMR (http://www.nextgen.com/) is a versatile, multi-module system that can…
-
-
-
Apr 30 2010
-
Written by Jennifer Flaten
Physicians frequently turn to clinical decision support software to help…
-