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By Mary Mosquera | 02:49 pm | February 09, 2010
VA sets up contest to choose 100 best health IT ideas to help improve agency healthcare practices and outcomes.
By GHIT Staff | 06:18 pm | February 08, 2010
More than 30 organizations across Canada are mobilizing, deploying health IT, in $15M fight against chronic disease.
By Mary Mosquera | 06:06 pm | February 08, 2010
Federal health plans are increasingly going electronic, says a government report, but a lack of interoperability hinders their use.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:41 am | February 05, 2010
HHS is using an 'escalator' method to encourage health IT adoption, but it must ensure providers don't 'jump off', the health IT leader said.
By Mary Mosquera | 05:37 pm | February 04, 2010
White House CTO Chopra says 'Text4baby' mobile app project embodies government focus on health priorities, results.
By Mary Mosquera | 12:16 pm | February 04, 2010
Agency broadband exec says plan will address how government can lower bar to spread of m-health devices and uses.
By Brian Robinson | 05:17 pm | February 03, 2010
Purchase strengthens IBM's ability to provide information sharing services to organizations, tap stimulus windfall.
By Brian Robinson | 04:43 pm | February 03, 2010
Task force delivers recommendations on how to launch IT-supported patient care coordination project.
By Peter Buxbaum | 04:34 pm | February 03, 2010
The departments' fiscal 2011 budget proposal highlights joint electronic health record project, health IT infrastructure.
By Mary Mosquera | 06:09 pm | February 02, 2010
The agency's plan to expand networks to cover thousand of providers dictates a strong standards regime, says health IT advisor.