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E-prescribing effort turns to e-media for faster results
The American Academy of Family Physicians has launched an e-prescribing campaign that includes Internet discussion groups and a Flash presentation on e-prescribing.
Twitter add-ons
Third-party applications help make Twitter the microblogging tool of choice.
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Polishing your Twitter skills
Twitter users tell newcomers to dive in into the Twitter world while providing a few tips.
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Psst! Are you Twittering yet?
It’s no secret: Using Twitter’s short and sweet message blasts can be a great way to communicate.
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GAO: States need more fed help preparing for pandemics
States remain weak in the areas of critical infrastructure, food safety reporting, and facilitating a medical care surge, the GAO found.
Louisiana law sets up health care transparency site
Web site would supply consumers treatment price data, including when a physician has performed a procedure, their complication rates and patient safety indicators.
HealthMap taps Internet for public health ‘situational awareness’
HealthMap system developed by Harvard and Children’s Hospital Boston scours the Internet to pick up raw intelligence on potential disease outbreaks.
Vermont trust fund aims at physicians' EHR adoption
Sponsors estimate that the fund will boost EHR penetration to 50 percent of the state's independent physicians during the next five years.
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Storage smarts: a class act
Federal employees and organizations find value in obtaining specialization and certification in storage technologies.
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Web extra: How 311 works
Who do people call if they have a city tax question? In a growing number of cities, they call a 311 call center.
CMS awards more Medicaid Transformation Grants
Sixteen states and Puerto Rico get funds to modernize the delivery and administration of Medicaid health services.
CMS funds Georgia health care transparency Web site
Medicare agency awards the state a 'transformation grant' to post health cost information online.
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A paperless manifesto: 7 proposals
Early adopters in the digital records revolution share tips on winning conversion battles.
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