U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Are Your Medical Records Open To Theft?
A major criticism of EMRs is the companies that make them have financial incentives to keep them from being easily shared...
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Burwell Confirmed As HHS Secretary
The U.S. Senate voted in Sylvia Matthews Burwell as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday afternoon. Burwell, the former head of the Office of Management and Budget, was confirmed 78-17. Before and after the vote, Burwell both faced her share of fire and garnered high praise...
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CHIME: New Meaningful Use Rule 'All But Ensures Industry Struggles Will Continue'
...CMS said it used public comments and feedback from stakeholders to come up with ways eligible providers can use 2011 Edition CEHRT — or a combination of 2011 and 2014 Edition CERHT — for an EHR reporting period in 2014 under either the Medicare or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs...
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HHS Secretary Equates Health IT to ‘Burden’ for Doctors
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price advocated Thursday for reducing the burden placed upon physicians and health care providers by the health technology that is otherwise meant to improve care for patients. Speaking at his first Health Datapalooza as the head of HHS, Price said the proliferation of health IT is something that “can have remarkably challenging and sometimes destructive consequences”...
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NIH And VA Address Pain And Related Conditions In U.S. Military Personnel, Veterans, And Their Families
Thirteen research projects totaling approximately $21.7 million over 5 years will explore nondrug approaches to managing pain and related health conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), drug abuse, and sleep issues. The effort seeks to enhance options for the management of pain and associated problems in U.S. military personnel, veterans, and their families...
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With 2nd Ebola Patient's Release, Defense Chief Hagel, HHS Ask Nebraska Med Center To Share What It Has Learned
Now that the Nebraska Medical Center’s biocontainment unit has released a second Ebola-free patient, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other federal officials want unit staffers to share what they have learned...
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