01/11/10
Document Management News
US veterans’ health records exchanged electronically with private health sector to aid treatment
More than half of America’s veterans and active duty service members receive some portion of their healthcare outside of VA or government facilities, so interoperability between federal agencies and the private sector is seen as essential to provide the best care for veterans, service members, and their dependents.

01/11/10
Medical Billing Education
A Big Win for Proponents of Electronic Medical Records
Researchers from Harvard have just released a study that could be the first real proof that electronic health records have an advantage over with traditional paper-based systems.

01/10/10
Tulsa World
Medical records damaged after water line break at Hillcrest
Medical records were damaged after a three-inch water line broke Sunday afternoon at Hillcrest Medical Center, officials said.

01/09/10
Yahoo! News
Obama launches new push for healthcare overhaul
President Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his pitch for final congressional passage of a U.S. healthcare overhaul and promised Americans they will begin reaping the benefits soon after he signs a bill into law.

01/07/10
Individual.com
Electronic Medical Records: Extra payments designed to get more doctors on board: Enhanced reimbursements for health records systems part of federal stimulus bill
Beginning next year, physicians will be eligible for extra payments from federal health insurance programs upon implementing an electronic medical record system. The enhanced reimbursements were made possible by the federal stimulus bill signed into law last year by President Barack Obama.

01/07/10
Business Wire
Walgreens Offers Pharmacy Patients Access to Secure Prescription History through Microsoft HealthVault(TM)
Walgreens pharmacy patients now have the ability to securely download their prescription history from Walgreens.com to a personal Microsoft HealthVault(TM) record. The new service allows patients the convenience of linking their Walgreens prescription information to other health and medical records for easy management and the ability to share a complete profile with other health care providers.

01/06/10
Government Health IT
Doctors say their EMRs are ready to show meaningful use
Eighty-five percent of healthcare providers believe their ambulatory electronic medical record software will enable them to meet the 2011 meaningful use deadlines being considered by the federal government, according to a new report from KLAS.

01/06/10
Government Health IT
VA, Kaiser link electronic health record systems
The Veterans Affairs Department and healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente have begun to share electronic health record information of patients who receive care services from both providers in the San Diego, Calif., area.

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