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Mo. system joins Mayo care network Joe Carlson | 5/23/12 - 1:30 pm MinuteClinic affiliates with two N.J. systems Melanie Evans | 5/23/12 - 11:15 am No joint VA/Defense EHR until 2017, Panetta and Shinseki say NextGov | 5/23/12 - 12:15 pm In Ind., questions about info-sharing consent Bloomberg Businessweek | 5/23/12 - 12:00 pm Software provider SAP to buy Ariba for $4.3 billion Melanie Evans | 5/22/12 - 4:30 pm U.S., Mexico set health info-sharing guidelines Paul Barr | 5/22/12 - 2:30 pm $628 million marked for Mass. safety net hospitals Jaimy Lee | 5/22/12 - 3:00 pm Just Associates names Proffitt as VP Maureen McKinney | 5/22/12 - 2:15 pm SAMHSA tech-services contract awarded Joseph Conn | 5/22/12 - 2:45 pm New York's digital health push Governing (Washington, D.C.) | 5/22/12 - 2:15 pm

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White House pushes mobile tech for all federal agencies

The Obama administration wants the federal government to ride the mobile information technology wave and issued a presidential directive mandating each federal agency to make at least two key government services available to the public via mobile applications within a year....

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IT Everything: Healthcare IT Blog

by Joseph Conn

VistA will overcome—eventually

A decade ago, a not-for-profit organization called WorldVistA was launched with two missions.

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Featured Content

Unplugged

Jaimy Lee | May 19, 2012
The FCC is on the cusp of unleashing technology that could release patients from the constellations of machines that monitor them in the hospital and...
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Forget the upgrade

Joseph Conn | May 19, 2012
In Texas, “ICD-10” and “compliance deadline” are becoming fighting words.
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Bracing for a crash

Joseph Conn | May 12, 2012
Many billions of dollars have been spent in the past decade on new or upgraded healthcare IT systems, but the money has bought improved...
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Featured Commentary

Time to get on board with ICD-10

Lynne Thomas Gordon | May 16, 2012
In 1979, the average cost of gasoline was 86 cents per gallon; the federal funds rate was as high as 13.78%; and people associated an apple with a...
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A meaningful year

H. Stephen Lieber | February 18, 2012
Last year at this time, the first meaningful-use incentive payments from the CMS grabbed the headlines with January 2011 as the inaugural month for...
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CHIME Time

Commentary from members of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives

As workloads get heavier, take care of team's needs

Rick Schooler | May 21, 2012
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. –Gore Vidal
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With change comes pushback—prepare for it

Stephen Stewart | May 07, 2012
There is one constant to change management, and that is change. Simply put, the process of managing change never stands still, something is different...
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Meaningful Use News

As workloads get heavier, take care of team's needs

Rick Schooler | May 21, 2012
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. –Gore Vidal
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Webinar: A Leading IDN's Strategy For MU2

May 10, 2012
Join Ed Marx, CIO of Texas Health Resources, and Greg Miller, senior vice president of Medicity, as they share real-world strategies to prepare for...
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Electronic Health Record (EHR) News

No joint VA/Defense EHR until 2017, Panetta and Shinseki say

NextGov | May 23, 2012
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments will not deploy an integrated electronic health record until 2017, eight years after President Barack...
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VistA will overcome—eventually

May 22, 2012
A decade ago, a not-for-profit organization called WorldVistA was launched with two missions.
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ICD-10 Compliance News

As workloads get heavier, take care of team's needs

Rick Schooler | May 21, 2012
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. –Gore Vidal
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Forget the upgrade

Joseph Conn | May 19, 2012
In Texas, “ICD-10” and “compliance deadline” are becoming fighting words.
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Data Security News

In Ind., questions about info-sharing consent

Bloomberg Businessweek | May 23, 2012
Indiana isn't usually considered a hub of technological innovation. However, about 2,000 miles from Silicon Valley, it has solved a problem that has...
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Just Associates names Proffitt as VP

Maureen McKinney | May 22, 2012
Just Associates, a health information management and integrity company based in Centennial, Colo., has named Karen Proffitt to the newly created...
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Mobile Health News

White House pushes mobile tech for all federal agencies

Joseph Conn | May 23, 2012
The Obama administration wants the federal government to ride the mobile information technology wave and issued a presidential directive mandating...
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FCC chooses wireless med-devices spectrum

Reuters | May 17, 2012
The FCC is expected to announce plans to set aside spectrum to connect wireless medical devices.
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Telemedicine News

Mo. system joins Mayo care network

Joe Carlson | May 23, 2012
Mayo Clinic has expanded its network of local hospitals and systems that collaborate with the Rochester, Minn.-based health system, adding Heartland...
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Unplugged

Jaimy Lee | May 19, 2012
The FCC is on the cusp of unleashing technology that could release patients from the constellations of machines that monitor them in the hospital and...
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