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By Brian Ahier | 08:38 pm | June 27, 2010
The space agency, the National Cancer Institute and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles are pushing the frontiers of pediatric health IT.
By Nicole Lewis | 08:36 pm | June 27, 2010
For Mary Wakefield, who has spent a lifetime seeking medical resources for the poor, health IT levels distances and disparities.
By Mary Mosquera | 08:35 pm | June 27, 2010
In opening its health data reservoirs to the public, HHS hopes to breed health IT originality, innovation.
By Paul McCloskey | 08:33 pm | June 27, 2010
Should the federal government get involved in the design of electronic healthcare record systems? The Office of the National Coordinator has billions of dollars riding on EHR usability.
By Mary Mosquera | 06:11 pm | June 25, 2010
National coordinator to set up process to expand NHIN beyond current set of mostly federal agencies.
By Mary Mosquera | 05:09 pm | June 24, 2010
MyHealtheVet PHR for cell phones is one of several projects being pursued to extend VA services to rural beneficiaries.
By GHIT Staff | 09:47 pm | June 23, 2010
Patients in four rural Colorado communities will be equipped with some of the most adavnced telehealth services in the country.
By GHIT Staff | 09:31 pm | June 23, 2010
HIE HealthBridge launches the Tri-State Regional Extension Center to help 1,700 providers take up electronic health records.
By Mary Mosquera | 04:36 pm | June 23, 2010
Department to explore using health IT as a means to shift quality incentives at federal safety net clinics.
By John Loonsk | 01:47 pm | June 23, 2010
The fervor over health insurance reform and electronic medical records in the HITECH Act seems to have sucked all the oxygen away from health information technology that is not about direct patient care.