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HIT best used in tandem with quality, pay: experts

Health information technology reforms need to work in tandem with payment and quality initiatives to be effective, industry experts said at a meeting sponsored by…

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Sweating the Details on Health Technology Policy

Some of the nation’s fine minds in medicine and technology have huddled, attended hearings and produced position papers in the last few weeks that focus…

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Information Silos Stand In The Way Of Interoperability

Federal CIOs view integrating systems and processes as second in importance only to implementing stronger security, according to a recent survey. In fact, the federal…

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Health Should be at the Heart of Health IT

With billions of taxpayer dollars about to be invested, the stakes are indisputably high to set the right priorities for accelerating the benefits of health…

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Microsoft HealthVault Continues to Enlarge Its Footprint

Nearly a year and a half after Microsoft launched its HealthVault personal health record platform, it cannot supply a list of the healthcare providers who…

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Benefits of information sharing outweigh vulnerabilities

Nowhere is getting the right information at the right time more critical than in the area of national security — defense, intelligence, diplomacy and so…

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IT tools for consumers needed for reform: Coalition

Information tools to help consumers better manage their own health should be part of any healthcare reform, said 56 organizations, employers and providers in a…

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Organizations Stump for Patients’ Access to Electronic Health Data

On Thursday, 56 organizations endorsed the Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information, a set of principles designed to promote consumer access to electronic health…

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Groups seek changes in meaningful use definition

Major healthcare organizations met a deadline last week to comment on a draft of a policy on “meaningful use” of health IT unveiled by the…

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Forum: Health reform, technology must align to improve quality of care

Reductions in cost and improvements in care are achievable if national efforts to boost health information technology adoption are coordinated with national health reform plans,…

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Health Reform, IT Efforts Must Be Aligned, Not-for-Profit Groups Say

Federal efforts to boost health IT adoption must be coordinated with national health reform plans to achieve health care improvements and cost reductions, according to…

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Government at the Edges: Noveck’s View of Participatory Democracy

This afternoon in Manhattan, the Markle Foundation hosted Beth Simone Noveck for a coming out party for her new book  “Wiki Government,” a work subtitled…