Health information technology, or health IT, generally refers to the exchange of health data – everything from an individual's health record, which includes images, lab results, prescriptions and medical history, to aggregated health statistics – among medical facilities, researchers and doctors' offices. Most experts view health IT as a way to improve health outcomes and reduce spending by billions of dollars a year.
Biggest Health IT Losers of 2012?
January 03, 2012
Electronic medical records: EMRs are generally in-house records for tracking patient data and improving quality of care. It's electronic health records, which can be shared...
Using' Birthing Networks' to Cut Costs?
December 19, 2011
- Health IT Update Using' Birthing Networks' to Cut Costs? By John Pulley 12/19/11 03: 58 pm ET An industry trade group is proposing that Congress authorize Medicaid coverage...
Health IT News & Info from Government Agencies
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Health IT Articles from GovExec
The Basics: Lines of Business - - GovExec. com
January 30, 2012
The Federal Health Architecture Line of Business, overseen by HHS, is charged with making sure that that government health IT systems are interoperable with private sector...
The Basics: Information Sharing - - GovExec. com
January 30, 2012
He works in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, which advises leaders on the development of a national health IT network that links federal...
Health IT Stories from Tech News Sites
Feds back off on Jan. 1 eHealth standards deadline
November 17, 2011
| Network World on Security
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is delaying by 90 days the enforcement deadline by which healthcare providers must roll out a new version of the standard governing how...
E- health records still scare most of us
July 26, 2011
| Latest from Computerworld
Consumers just do not trust electronic health records to securely store their personal information, according to a survey by Harris Interactive. ...
Hospitals Compete for IT Talent with Funding At Stake
May 30, 2011
| CIO.com - News
Health care providers in the U.S. are encountering a lack of qualified candidates as they race to meet federal government deadlines for EHR (electronic health record) and health IT ...
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