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By John Moore | 05:56 pm | August 30, 2010
Damaka Inc. hopes to find a niche in the government health IT space for its mobile unified communications and collaboration (UCC) product, which recently expanded its reach on Apple's iPad and RIM's BlackBerry.
By John Moore | 05:53 pm | August 30, 2010
Despite ubiquity of mobile phones among care-givers, the first priority among CIOs is readying systems for meaningful use.
By Heather B. Hayes | 05:52 pm | August 30, 2010
States are turning to sophisticated electronic provider credential verification systems to curb fraud and abuse as well as to cut overhead and improve patient safety.
By Julie Bird | 05:50 pm | August 30, 2010
The Air Force is adding clinical support tools and fixing workflow gaps in AHLTA, part of a strategy for preparing the e-health workhorse for its high risk, theater-focused mission.
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 05:47 pm | August 30, 2010
What will it take to keep the federal government's community health data 'ecosystem' healthy?
By John Moore | 05:44 pm | August 30, 2010
Establishing health insurance exchanges will thrust states into uncharted IT territory. The challenge? Connecting healthcare and e-commerce
By Bob Violino | 05:41 pm | August 30, 2010
Tweets, widgets and bloginars are becoming essential to protecting the safety of the nation's food supply.
By Alan Joch | 05:40 pm | August 30, 2010
Public health labs struggle to connect to a four-year-old network designed to tighten the nation's influenza line of defense.
By Mary Mosquera | 05:39 pm | August 30, 2010
New patient consent rules will alter health IT design as well as the basic relationship between doctors and patients, experts say.
By Heather B. Hayes | 05:38 pm | August 30, 2010
State Medicaid offices scramble to set up systems to oversee pending flow of health IT subsidies to providers.