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Assessment Released Of Health Information Exchanges (Part 1 Of 2)
Like my Boston-area neighbors who perennially agonize over the performance of the Red Sox, healthcare advocates spend inordinate amounts of time worrying about Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). Will the current round of exchanges work after most previous attempts failed?...
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Assessment Released Of Health Information Exchanges (Part 2 of 2)
The previous installment of this article talked about the survivability of HIEs, drawing on a report released under ONC auspices. This installment delves into some other interesting aspects of information exchange...
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ASU Names Scholar, Innovator O'Donnell As University Librarian
Libraries have always bridged past and present, preserving and innovating. To lead ASU’s libraries in a transformative time, Arizona State University has today named James J. O’Donnell, former Georgetown provost, classicist and pioneer in emerging digital technologies, to the post of university librarian...
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At 90, She's Designing Tech For Aging Boomers
In Silicon Valley's youth-obsessed culture, 40-year-olds get plastic surgery to fit in. But IDEO, the firm that famously developed the first mouse for Apple, has a 90-year-old designer on staff...
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At Microsoft’s Build Conference, Some See New Openness To Open Source And Cross Platform
An atmosphere of openness and cooperation seemed to run through presentations at the annual Microsoft developers conference, something observers attributed to the company’s new CEO.
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At VA, All 2015 IT Budget Roads Lead To VistA
Thanks to the bipartisan agreement authorizing approximately $16 billion to help veterans avoid the problems with health care that have long plagued the Department of Veterans Affairs, the bulk of VA IT support is headed largely in one direction...VA spending has been focused on development of its own electronic health record system: VistA (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture)...
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Athenahealth Reveals Best, Worst Payers
The annual PayerView Report, from health IT company athenahealth, released today, reveals the healthcare payer that has the best relationship with providers and the one that has the most problems...
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athenahealth’s CEO Jonathan Bush to Headline HIMSS16 Views from the Top With Dr. John Halamka
athenahealth, Inc....today announced that Jonathan Bush, athenahealth CEO, and Dr. John Halamka, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) CIO, will headline a Views from the Top session on the benefits of a future-proof, interoperable network at the 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS16), taking place February 29 - March 4 in Las Vegas. During the session, “How Future-Proof HIT Infrastructure Supports Data Sharing,” Bush and Halamka will observe the interoperability landscape, exploring challenges and benefits of health information exchange, as well as identifying opportunities and imperatives for providers to participate amidst the industry shift to accountable care.
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Athens Regional addressing new computer system problems encountered by doctors
Doctors affiliated with Athens Regional Medical Center have expressed concerns that a computer system installed this month [Cerner] at the hospital endangers patients.
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Atlas Unplugged: The Six-Foot-Two Humanoid Robot That Might Just Save Your Life
From the people who brought you the internet, the latest version of the Atlas robot will be used in its disaster-fighting robotic challenge...
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Atrazine: Syngenta's Herbicide Doesn't Just Poison Frogs - It Could Give You Cancer
Tyrone Hayes has fought a 15-year battle with Syngenta following his discovery that its herbicide Atrazine scrambles sex in frogs, writes F William Engdahl. Now he wants to know - is Atrazine the cause of the US's 2-fold reproductive cancer excess among Blacks and Hispanics?...
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Attention Hardware Hackers: Win A Trip To Space With The Hackaday Prize
If you’re not around the D.C. area and can’t make it to our Sessions event with SpaceX’s Steve Davis tomorrow, then I guess you’ll just have to settle for this space-related news: Get the chance to change the future of humanity and win a trip to space in the process.
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Attorney: Cloud Vendor Contracts Wrought With Pitfalls
Despite the surge by providers to cloud-based electronic health record systems, cloud vendor contracts still are wrought with pitfalls and "threats", according to attorney Steven Fox with Post & Schell, who spoke April 4, on a webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association's Health Law Section. "All cloud providers are not created equal," he warned.
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Auditors Fault Pentagon Sorting of Biggest Bioweapon Threats
Auditors say the Defense Department is not following its own procedures for guarding against "potentially catastrophic" biological strikes...
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Australia's Chief Scientist Includes Open Access In STEM Vision
Australia’s chief scientist Ian Chubb has presented recommendations to the country’s parliament for a national strategy on research in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Amongst other things, his report highlighted the role that open access could play...
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