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Seed Money Still Flowing for Sonoma County Startups
Tolven received $3.6 million in venture capital in the fourth quarter last year, its first round of venture funding since launching the business in 2006... Read More »
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GMH Stands to Gain $5M: Subsidy Hinges on Electronic Health Records System
[Guam's] only civilian hospital could qualify for millions in federal subsidies if it successfully implements electronic health records systems. According to Norman Okamura, faculty member of the Social Science Research Institute at the University of Hawaii, about $19 billion is set aside in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to build health information technology systems nationwide. Read More »
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For Doctors, EHR Adoption Isn't A Spectator Sport
Just as the right medical treatment is critical to a patient's health, the right approach to selecting and adopting an electronic health records system is critical to the health, and even survival, of a physician's practice. And it's not just about the technology. Read More »
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A Changing of the Guard at VAWatchdog.org, as Larry Scott Steps Aside
Until Larry Scott of Vancouver conceived the notion of becoming an online watchdog, military veterans who were struggling to navigate their claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs had few places to turn. Read More »
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VA Seeks To Modernize VistA EHR System
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking expert advice as it takes the first steps to update its massive, decades-old electronic health records (EHR) system.
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VA Wants Help Modernizing Health Records System
The Veterans Affairs Department is looking for expert help in developing an open source software model for modernization of its long-standing VistA (Veterans Health Information and Systems and Technology Architecture) health records system.
The department published a solicitation on Jan. 26 for technical services for the Vista Open Source Custodial Foundation Acquisition, along with a Statement of Work for the program. Read More »
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Mobile Services in Poor Countries: Not Just Talk
Clever services on cheap mobile phones make a powerful combination—especially in poor countries. Read More »
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VA to increase simulated medical training with new center of excellence
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to increase the use of medical simulation training for clinicians so they can learn how to conduct complex procedures in a setting that imitates real-life situations without putting patients at risk, Dr. Robert Petzel, VA's undersecretary for health said at a media briefing this morning.
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VA Inches Toward a New Open VistA
The Veterans Affairs Department put out a request on Wednesday for technical help to develop a new, modern version of its decades-old Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) electronic health record system.
In March 2010, an industry advisory group tapped by VA CIO Roger Baker recommended the department update VistA, which is based on open source models and offered as the international standard for hospitals.
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Sen. Murray selected chair of Veterans Affairs panel
Sen. Patty Murray was named chairwoman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Thursday, and says she hopes to keep the Obama administration focused on the medical care and benefits due those who have served in the military.
"I am one who will hold any president accountable — regardless of political party — accountable for making sure that veterans get the care they need," said Murray, a Washington state Democrat. Read More »
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Army Looks to Virtual Reality to Better Treat PTSD
One hundred and fifty six active duty Army soldiers committed suicide in 2010, according to data released by the Army on Jan. 20, and post-traumatic stress disorder continues to be a major problem among the active duty and veteran populations. In an effort to combat PTSD, 48 Army healthcare sites now use virtual reality as an alternative treatment. Read More »
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VA Center Director Touts Progress
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health care system has become one of the best anywhere, partly because of a big change made in mid-1990s, the director of the Tomah VA Medical Center said Tuesday.
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Journal Files Suit to Open Medicare Database
The publisher of The Wall Street Journal filed suit Tuesday to overturn a decades-long court order barring public access to a confidential Medicare database it says is essential to rooting out fraud and abuse in the government health-care program.
The American Medical Association, the doctors' trade group, successfully sued the government in 1979 to keep secret how much money individual doctors receive from Medicare, and the ruling still stands. Read More »
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What Do The Internet And Electronic Health Records Have In Common?
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama cited computer chips and the Internet as examples of technologies that were originally funded by the government, and later unleashed new industries. Read More »
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Let’s Go Open-Source With Digital Patterns Making
Susan Spencer Conklin is a networker, she’s not a programmer, but knows about programming, she’s not a designer but knows how to sew and in the last months she’s been giving presentations to invite developers to help create a suite of open source software to produce and modify clothing patterns in open data formats to match an individual’s body measurement and generate customized patterns as printable files. Read More »
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