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Nancy Ferris
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Finding Foreman
George Foreman named his five sons George. Will the National Health Information Network be able to pinpoint his health records? Maybe. Maybe not.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
Privacy compliance has declined
A new survey shows fewer hospitals and health systems are complying with HIPAA.
- By Nancy Ferris
Survey: Industry supports federal health IT initiatives
Health opinion leaders say Congress should make health IT a top priority, while hospital and insurance executives favor federal action to standardize claims and payment transactions.
- By Nancy Ferris
HHS rebuts GAO's security assessment
HHS says congressional auditors are off-base when they describe the department’s information systems as riddled with vulnerabilities.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
GAO report catalogs VA/DOD health data sharing projects
More than a dozen projects are under way, but GAO says the departments can do more.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
Northrop Grumman looks beyond DOD
The defense contractor sees opportunities in health IT and homeland security.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
VA, DOD share clinical data on a large scale
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have finally figured out how to make interoperability a success.
- By Nancy Ferris
Health IT standards work continues
A new work group plans to recommend a standard for allergy data.
- By Nancy Ferris
EHR product certification passes test
The Certification Commission for Healthcare IT is on track to issue its first certifications of health IT software for use in physicians’ offices in late June.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
DOD, VA exchange patient data
Medical records follow soldiers from active-duty to veterans hospitals.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
Health IT panel to study EHR use in disasters
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt asked the American Health Information Community to develop recommendations.
- By Nancy Ferris
Medicare's new accounting system is good for the bottom line
Cash flow improvements generate more than $1 million per month, officials report.
- By Nancy Ferris
Intel joins health IT standards effort
An executive said the company should have something to show for its efforts by the end of the year.
- By Nancy Ferris
Certification group issues last call
Health IT group seeks public comment once more before it begins product certification process for outpatient care.
- By Nancy Ferris
Health IT standards project gets manager
The American National Standards Institute appointed LeRoy Jones manage the hodgepodge of health IT standards.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
Hidden keys to health
The medical community is sitting on mountains of e-health data that could lead to important medical discoveries. But will its value remain buried by privacy concerns and lack of funding?
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
Associations call for workforce assistance
They recommend that the government beef up training for health IT specialists and systems users.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
Clinical system generates performance reports
With little human intervention, Indian Health Service gets data on how well it's doing.
- By Nancy Ferris
Workforce
A success for health info exchange
Health records successfully exchanged among Boston, Indianapolis and a California county in test of protoype national network.
- By Nancy Ferris
Louisville team designs health exchange
A nonprofit group in Louisville, Ky., is seeking a contractor to build a first-of-its-kind system for exchanging health records.
- By Nancy Ferris