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Twenty-six health IT ideas, out of the 6,500 entered in the Veterans Health Administration/Office of Information and Technology (VHA/OIT) Innovation Competition, will be used by the VA to improve care for Veterans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs began on-site inspections of its contractors' security procedures this week following two recent data breaches that put at risk the financial identities of 4,000 veterans, Roger Baker, VA's CIO, said Thursday.
HP, of Palo Alto, Calif., has announced a new solution for insurers that automates customer communications for claims processing.
Veterans Affairs takes measures to tighten control of contractor-held veterans' information, says CIO Baker.
Intel will expand the availability of its remote monitoring technology, the Intel Health Guide, across Europe, the company announced Wednesday at the World Health Congress.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield-initiated anti-fraud investigations have recovered or saved more than $510 million in 2009, according to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, which credits the success in part to technology dedicated to anti-fraud efforts.
Office of the National Coordinator sets aside $30 million for two additional health IT model communities.
By early July, the Office of the National Coordinator will announce the winners of 11 contracts for developing a health information exchange framework based on a model originated by federal homeland security agencies for sharing sensitive information over the Internet.
Plan calls for defining a minimum common set of patient data to enable e-health across European Union by 2012.
The Office of the National Coordinator will award 11 contracts to develop XML-based information sharing framework.