News tagged with health information exchange


Fighting disease outbreaks with two-way health information exchange

Fighting disease outbreaks with two-way health information exchange

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Building upon four decades of research and real world operation of electronic medical records and health information exchange, Regenstrief Institute researchers have developed, tested and are now operating ...


Unique electronic strategy alerts physicians to latest clinical information on H1N1 flu

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

History was made at 2:30 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, April 29, when more than 3,000 physicians in Indianapolis were sent a broadcast alert on swine flu (H1N1 virus) from the Marion County Health Department. The message was of ...





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A look to the future

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created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Investigators from the Regenstrief Institute have led a demonstration of how health information exchange technologies developed and tested regionally can be used to securely share patient information across the nation during ...


New Web site promotes interoperable newborn screening data

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) today launched the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, an important step toward efficient electronic exchange of standard newborn screening data. The new Web site was created ...


Getting the word out when the need for speed is critical to public health

Getting the word out when the need for speed is critical to public health

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When the need for speed is critical, how can a public health department communicate with doctors and hospitals, sending alerts to help prevent or stop a public health crisis? How can thousands of health-care ...


Nation's only citywide electronic health information exchange: Improving health and lowering costs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Across the nation concerns about health-care quality and costs are growing. For the first time, both candidates aspiring to the nation's highest office are looking to greater reliance on electronic medical records as critical ...


New York State health IT strategy may be model for the nation

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created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health information technology programs implemented in New York state are active and functioning a full two years after being established, and could serve as models for new federal initiatives, according to a study by investigators ...


State privacy rules reduce electronic medical sharing by 24 percent

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created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

States that have passed privacy laws restricting the ability of hospitals to disclose patient information have seen the sharing of electronic medical records suffer by more than 24%, according to the Management Insights feature ...


Women double fruit, veggie intake with switch to Mediterranean diet plan

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created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a new study led by the University of Michigan Health System, women more than doubled their fruit and vegetable intakes and dramatically increased their consumption of "good" fats when they were counseled by registered ...


Business 101: Must Apple discuss CEO Jobs' health?

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- This week, Apple Inc. wasn't shy about touting the sales of its latest mobile device. But the company didn't say anything confirming reports from over the weekend that co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs had a liver transplant ...


Work begins on national e-health record network

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Doctor's offices and hospitals have slowly started the difficult switch from outmoded paper records to sophisticated electronic systems in a bid to improve care and cut costs.


New health reform strategy would insure everyone, improve health and slow spending growth

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created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A comprehensive set of insurance, payment, and system reforms could guarantee affordable health insurance coverage, improve health outcomes, and slow the growth of health spending by $3 trillion by the end of the next decade, ...



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