Archive for January, 2008
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0 Fast Talk: Bush's Record Collector
Jan 18, 2008. Government Initiatives, News.Fast Talk: Bush’s Record Collector
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Fast Company
Dr. Robert Kolodner, 59, advises HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt on health IT initiatives and oversees the federal government’s efforts to get doctors, hospitals, and medical providers nationwide to adopt electronic medical records by 2014. -
0 Surprise HIPAA Audit
Jan 17, 2008. Government Initiatives, News.Surprise HIPAA Audit
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Advance Web
Health care providers must broadly trust their caregivers to perform the jobs necessary for patient care by giving them open access. But, care providers must continuously monitor and audit for common privacy and security breaches or verify appropriateness of access. This is for the sake of patient privacy, and with the specter of medical identity theft – patient safety. -
0 Allscripts Ranked No. 1 in Electronic Prescribing for 2007
Jan 15, 2008. News, ePrescribing.Allscripts Ranked No. 1 in Electronic Prescribing for 2007
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PR Newswire
Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that it transmitted more electronic prescriptions in 2007 over the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange(TM) than any other e-prescribing vendor. -
0 Experts say e-prescribing will be first and hottest HIT issue in 2008
Jan 14, 2008. News, ePrescribing.Experts say e-prescribing will be first and hottest HIT issue in 2008
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Healthcare IT News
“Americans are ready for e-prescribing,” said former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, the founder of the Center for Health Transformation. “With Americans using ATM cards everyday in this country and abroad, we believe they are prepared for the massive benefits provided by an electronic prescriptions system.” -
0 Electronic Health Record goes political in US
Jan 13, 2008. Government Initiatives, News.Electronic Health Record goes political in US
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Insimix
Speaking to the New Hampshire voters Hillary Clinton supported electronic medical records (EHR in Canada) as a way to cut cost and improve the quality of health care. Does in mean that the electronic medical record concept is reaching a tipping point after years of discussions, and we will finally see significant progress? -
0 RxHub Reaches Unprecedented ePrescribing Milestone
Jan 10, 2008. News, ePrescribing.RxHub Reaches Unprecedented ePrescribing Milestone
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Trading Markets
A study conducted by the Gorman Group in 2007 found that approximately 70% of the safety and savings advantages of ePrescribing resulted from doctors being given immediate access to patient level medication histories, safety alerts, and preferred drug options before prescriptions are electronically transmitted to pharmacies.
