CNNMoney.com
Don’t like Obamacare? Here’s an alternative
Aug 19, 2009
Fortune editor Shawn Tully suggests a solution to fixing the health-care system. Keep it simple and let the free-market decide the rest. By Shawn Tully, editor at large Three health care providers’ stories about how switching to digital health records …For Many Consumers, Few Insurance Choices

UtahBusiness.com
Health Care Reform Making Slow, but Steady Progress in Utah, experts say
Health care reform is on its way in Utah, according to some of the state’s top health care leaders. Health care experts met to discuss the industry during a Utah Business roundtable discussion Tuesday, Aug. 25.

FTC Extends Breach Notification to Web-Bsed Health Repositories
Aug 18, 2009
Via SearchSecurity.com. The Federal Trade Commission has issued a rule that broadens the reach of data breach notification rules covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The new FTC rule applies to companies that provide an online repository of health information.

Bloomberg.com
Biden Announces Grants to Spur Electronic Medical-Record Use
08/20/2009
Biden Announces Grants to Spur Electronic Medical-Record Use - Bloomberg.com Updated:   New York , Aug 20 14:29 London , Aug 20 19:29 Tokyo , Aug 21 03:29 Search News RESOURCES More News Biden Announces Grants to Spur Electronic Medical-Record Use By John McCormick Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — Vice President announced almost $1.2 billion in grants to help health-care …

Crain’s New York Business
Mad dash for digital cash
Under the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government will spend $1.4 billion in New York state alone over the next four years to help health care providers digitize their operations.

Forbes.com
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong On Health Care, Obama
08/25/2009
So my great concern is, if we go ahead and implement a plan that just says, ‘OK, everybody just has an electronic medical record, with 200 proprietary systems, that don’t talk to each other by its nature.’ We will then actually create even further concrete of absence of sharing of the information.

Chinese Drywall Lawsuit Claims  Material Used in Las Vegas Homes
August 25th, 2009
A Chinese drywall class action lawsuit has been filed in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to the Las Vegas Sun, the lawsuit alleges that Chinese drywall is causing health problems for occupants of homes in two Las Vegas neighborhoods.

Group Says Tobacco Causes 2 Million Cancer Deaths Each Year
August 26th, 2009
The American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation just published information stating that tobacco use kills about six million people annually, reports ScienceDaily. Of those, over one-third will die from cancer.

Zicam Lawsuits Filed in Texas
August 13th, 2009
More Zicam lawsuits have been filed by people who claim the recalled nasal versions of the cold remedies caused them to lose their sense of smell..

ekschi.com
Social Security To Put $24 Million Into EMRs
Aug 12, 2009
The Social Security Administration plans to make wider use of Electronic medical records to process disability applications.

articles.icmcc.org
Smoothing out the EHR kinks for providers
Aug 18, 2009
“A recent IBM study reveals that online medical records are gaining favor with Americans. Consumer convenience that electronic health records (EHRs) delivers will slowly trump concerns over potential privacy violations and other security

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Seven Reasons to Have a Personal Health Record
Aug 17, 2009
A digital personal health record (PHR) is a computer-based software application that allows you to store a variety of personal health information

InformationWeek
HIT Certification Committee Still In Play
08/18/2009
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, which has been the group providing a seal of approval for electronic medical record products since 2006, will continue to be the certification body for health IT systems at least until December when the U.S. government finalizes its definition of ‘meaningful use’ of e-health products. After the meaningful use definition …

trendsmu.co.cc
How to Adapt Your Workflow to an EMR System
Aug 12, 2009
Recently, when discussing Electronic medical records with a colleague, I was asked about the details of customization of different Electronic medical records systems. Some of the systems available today highlight ease of use

Reuters
Finalists Announced in Second Annual Women Tech Awards
08/06/2009
Finalists and award recipients will be honored at an Awards Luncheon on Friday, September 18, 2009, at the Grand America, hosted by MWCN. Registration is available online. Finalists, listed alphabetically, are as follows: * Amy Rees Anderson, MediConnect Global

ReadWriteWeb
Practice Fusion Partners With Salesforce - But Is Cloud Computing Suitable For Healthcare?
08/07/2009
ReadWriteWeb - Web Apps, Web Technology Trends, Social Networking and Social Media , a free, web-based EMR (electronic medical record) system for physicians. This week Practice Fusion announced an investment, amount not disclosed, by salesforce.com.

The Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) Market is Poised for Growth
08/06/2009
Healthcare information technology (HIT) software market is poised for dramatic growth. Drivers include built up demand for upgrades in legacy systems that have been neglected for years
automate workflow …

Signs of the Times News
08/06/2009
Ingenix, with annual revenue of $1.6 billion, is poised to establish a national digital clearinghouse to ensure the accuracy of medical payments and provide a centralized service for checking the credentials of physicians.

Research and Markets
Canada Health Infoway Has Created an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Blueprint Architecture as the Infostructure Foundation to Guide Canada’s EHealth Agenda
08/07/2009

FierceSarbox
Google, Microsoft ask government to give web more weight in health IT plans
08/10/2009
The federal government is dishing out money and attention to health IT vendors already. But according to Microsoft and Google, Obama administration officials haven’t spent enough time considering the virtues of web-based technologies in promoting EMR adoption.

Hospitals Bank on Wireless Health’s Future
By John Farrell
The jury may still be out on whether or not the Obama administration’s current health IT plans focus too heavily on older, proprietary products, as Google and Microsoft executives contend.

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Electronic Health Records: The $20 Billion Prescription
08/11/09
The progress and problems in developing a national system of Electronic medical records topped the agenda Thursday as the Obama Administration’s “best and brightest from the world of science, medicine and technology gathered in Washington for the inaugural meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

Utah Business
To your health: stimulus money advances the medical IT industry
07/01/2009
The Future’s So Bright For MediConnect, retrieving medical records often means scanning paper documents to create a digital image that can be transmitted around the world. “You can image it–you can digitize it–but it’s like a snapshot

Wall Street Journal - USA
New Epidemic Fears: Hackers
Under the Obama administration’s stimulus bill and other proposals, portions of a $29 … “If you take a digital system and implement it in a sloppy way,…

EMR vs. EHR
07/30/2009
Industry confusion and inconsistencies regarding terminology about what to call patient information that is collected and shared electronically

Bizjournals
New InfoLogix M24 Mobile Clinical Assistant Will Enable Hospitals to Access Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Directly at the Point of Care
08/03/2009
The missing link between busy clinicians who are always on the move and the valuable patient data that resides in hospital information systems

Obama’s talk with retirees highlights digital health records
President Barack Obama told participants in an AARP tele-town hall Tuesday that electronic health records will help put an end to the inefficiencies they have experienced in healthcare. “We’re also working to computerize medical records …

The Dubious Promise of Digital Medicine
Microsoft and Google aim to put medical records in the hands of patients via the Web. Wal-Mart is teaming with computer maker Dell and digital vendor eClinicalWorks to sell information technology to doctors through Sam’s Club stores.

Channel Insider
Health Care Unprepared to Secure Digital Health Records
As the Obama administration continues to push forward plans to implement a centralized digital medical record system by 2014, health care organizations are …

Article Codex
Seven Reasons to Have a Digital Personal Health Record
08/02/2009
… illnesses, hospitalizations, encounters (i.e. visits and communications), journal information in between doctor visits, medications, allergies, immunizations, surgeries, lab results, and family history.