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Sometime during the next two months, through grants totaling $1.7 million, the Washington State Health Care Authority, or WSHCA, will launch three consumer-controlled health record bank pilots in the communities of Bellingham, Spokane and Cashmere.
With nine weeks to go, officials are reporting that early registration for the 2009 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS09) is running ahead of the 2008 trend.
Two physician organizations are weighing in on the healthcare piece of the economic stimulus package, calling on the president and Congress to support healthcare information technology, additional funding for primary care training, Medicaid funding for states and comparative effectiveness research.
UnitedHealth Group has adopted new standards for healthcare ID cards across all its health plans. The cards will provide patient eligibility information and access to a personal health record, and process healthcare transactions.
A partnership between Eclipsys and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, or Penn Nursing, will bring the healthcare IT company's technology and clinical expertise into the nursing curriculum.
Former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) withdrew Tuesday from consideration as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, according to a White House statement. The withdrawal follows a Senate Finance Committee vetting review that revealed Daschle had tax violations. Daschle, viewed as an advocate for healthcare information technology, was a highly favored candidate across party lines and also had been tapped to be the White House healthcare czar.
Humana, one of the nation's largest health-benefits companies, has promised to adopt machine-readable patient ID cards and, in the process, won the acclaim of the Medical Group Management Association, which estimates the cards could save physician offices and hospitals as much as $1 billion a year.
The Senate Finance Committee's vetting process of former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) for Secretary of Health and Human Services, hailed by industry insiders as a proponent of healthcare information technology, has hit a snag due to a recent discovery that Daschle failed to pay some of his taxes since 2005.
Attendees at the 25th annual Towards the Electronic Patient Record (TEPR+) conference and exhibition were told Monday that pouring federal funding into healthcare IT won't necessarily solve the nation's healthcare woes.
Results of a nationwide survey of healthcare providers released Monday by Allscripts shows that physician groups support measures in the economic stimulus package that provide federal loans, grants and incentives to promote broader adoption of health information technology.