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American Indian Exceptionalism
Max Baucus' bill makes you pay a fine if you don't have health insurance—unless you're American Indian. Read More »
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Can Public And Private HIEs Get Along?
Public health information exchanges (HIEs) have expressed concerns about compatibility and sustainability as the number of private HIEs continues to rise, according to eHealth Initiative's 12th Annual HIE Survey. Read More »
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Department Of Veterans Affairs: "They Are Rearranging The Deck Chairs On A Sinking Ship"
Veterans Wait for Benefits as Claims Pile Up
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Digital Access To Knowledge: Research Chat With Harvard’s Peter Suber
How much access is there to cutting-edge research online? The reality is that access to the world’s deepest knowledge — that produced by professional researchers — remains contested in the digital space. Read More »
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Disbursement Of Federal Health IT Incentives Tops $7 Billion
Federal funds continue to benefit health-care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records. As of September, incentive programs have distributed more than $3.9 billion through Medicare, $3.5 billion through Medicaid, according to figures provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Read More »
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Elections 2012: Missing From The Debate – The Indian Health System
There is one public health “system” in the United States. Its cost per patient is lower than the rest of the country. Some of the clinics and hospitals are models of what health care could be … and at the same time some of the clinics are substandard and represent the worst of what we think of as government-run health care. Read More »
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Health Information Exchanges Face Significant Financial Challenges
Concerns about competition could undercut development and long-term sustainability of health information exchanges, according to preliminary findings of a survey by the eHealth Initiative. Read More »
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Hey, Funding For A Program That Actually Helps Wounded Warriors Is Running Out!
The Defense Department, the veterans administration, and the Obama administration are missing an enormous opportunity to help wounded warriors, indeed every serviceman and woman returning from battle overseas. Read More »
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Indian Health Service Solving e-Health Challenges With Help From VA
The Indian Health Service's electronic health records system is getting an upgrade. And it's following the same joint EHR plan as the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department. Read More »
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Kickstarting Your Career: Crowdfunding For Scientific Research
Popularized by such sites as Kickstarter, crowdfunding has become a main source of financial support for entrepreneurs with ideas ranging from clothing lines to social media. Unfortunately, Kickstarter prohibits projects for health and medicine, making the site useless for academic researchers. To fill this gap, Petridish, iAMscientist and MedStartr have come online in the past 6 months...
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Labor Dept. $500 Million Community College Grants Include Health IT
The Department of Labor released $500 million in grants to community colleges and universities around the country for the development and expansion of training programs, including for health IT and other healthcare programs in rural areas. Read More »
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New Consulting Company Exsede Brings Unparalleled Expertise To Meet Critical Demand For Healthcare IT
New Consulting Company Exsede Brings Unparalleled Expertise to Meet Critical Demand for Healthcare IT Read More »
NexJ Connected Wellness Platform Selected for Connected Health and Wellness Project
[Canadian] Federal Economic Development Agency Funds People-Centered Healthcare Initiative
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NIST Hands Off NSTIC To Private Sector
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, or NSTIC, steering group met for the first time Aug. 15 and 16, marking the official formation of the group and a major milestone in NSTIC implementation. Read More »
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Open Access Gains Momentum In Washington
When MIT faculty adopted an open access (OA) policy for their scholarly articles in March 2009, they expressed a strong philosophical commitment to disseminating "the fruits of their research and scholarship" as widely as possible. The MIT Libraries are paying close attention to recent events in Washington that have the potential to expand this commitment... Read More »
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