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Washington and New Mexico Medicaid programs will receive thousands of dollars in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
As called for under the HITECH Act, the Health & Human Services Department plans to release in May a proposed rule that strengthens existing privacy, security and enforcement requirements for organizations that handle patients’ health information.
The Scotland National Health System (NHS) will be launching a new health IT suite to move along the nation's healthcare integration goals.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a new initiative to address safety problems associated with external infusion pumps – devices that deliver fluids such as nutrients and medications into a patient's body in a controlled manner.
Researching errors in computerized prescriber order entry in order to boost patient safety is the focus of a year-long research project to be conducted by the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Communication and medical technologies have the ability to keep more seniors healthier at a lower cost, particularly those who live in remote rural areas, Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Aging, told the panel at a hearing on Friday.
Special Committee on Aging renews call for broadband, tele-health services to keep seniors healthy at lower cost.
Law called for toughening HIPAA privacy and security rule given the spread of electronic health records and health exchange.
Reserve Brig. Gen. Woodson, surgeon and health outcomes research expert, nominated as assistant secretary of health affairs.
Heath IT extensions centers should have early focus on rural practices, says national coordinator Blumenthal.