Why Should Consumers Care About 'Open Health' Software Solutions
Health care provider organizations and computer specialists have begun to understand the benefits of using 'open' health IT solutions. However, most consumers still have no clue why this should be of any concern to them. Here are some key points that need to be communicated to health care consumers: Read More »
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VA, Stanford Test 'Point-of-Care' Diabetes Research
A team from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Stanford University is exploring a new approach to clinical trials that may be easier to translate into practice. An online article in the journal Clinical Trials describes a “point-of-care” study now under way that will involve more than 3,000 veterans with diabetes. Read More »
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VA Unveils MVP -- Million Veteran Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs went national May 5 with a genomics research program that officials call a “game-changer." The initiative, which relies heavily on databases, is underpinned by the use of healthcare information technology.
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VA and Defense Eye DISA Data Centers for Joint Health Record
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to use data centers operated by the Defense Information Systems Agency to store its electronic health records as part of a project to develop a joint record for both departments, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker disclosed this week.
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Summary of Health Care Outcomes: Does Massachusetts Lead the Nation?
Because Massachusetts anticipated much of the US health care reform effort, this report gives us a glimpse of what can happen in the country as a whole when the provisions of the federal law fully take effect.
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Remembering an IT Hero
There is a beautiful tribute video on YouTube that I encourage you to watch. One of the visionaries and founding fathers of the massively successful VistA health IT program at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was Joseph Timothy "Ted" O’Neill, who died in March at the age of 79.
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Meaningfully Prepared Health IT Graduates Ready to Work
This spring, students graduating workforce training programs at 84 community colleges across the country will be ready to help primary care physicians deploy and meaningfully use EHRs for patient benefit.
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Leeds Tries Open Source Software for Patient Records
For a glimpse today of how the future may look, a good place to start is Leeds Teaching Hospitals, one of England's largest trusts. It has developed a web portal that allows accident and emergency teams to call up clinical and administrative data from specialist systems, all done with open source.
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Group will expand on ONC's Connect tools for exchange
Two former senior managers for the Connect gateway program in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have started a foundation that will expand on the program's open source technology for health information exchange.
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First Community College Consortia Health IT Professionals Graduate!
ONC is excited for the students who will be moving into promising new careers, for the health care providers who will have qualified staff to guide them through the transition to health IT, and for all the patients who stand to benefit from the increased quality and safer care made possible by health IT.
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