February 6, 2009 (Computerworld)
and the Continua Health Alliance this week unveiled jointly developed software designed to stream patient information from a doctor’s mobile device to online data stores.
The two tech giants worked with the Beaverton, Ore.-based health care provider to extend the value of
offerings, and to ensure that stored patient health records are up to date, according to an
press release.
“Our partnership with IBM will Read the rest of this entry »

For Dr. Harvey Benovitz, who graduated from medical school in 1962, it is as profound a shift in the way he treats patients as advances in
drugs.
in his small, meticulous handwriting, Dr. Benovitz, whose patients have always thought of him as a reassuringly old-fashioned internist, tapped a patient’s
and other vitals into a laptop next to the examining table during a checkup the other day.
Not only will this new electronic record-keeping Read the rest of this entry »

JACKSONVILLE, FL –
What happens inside these walls, at Dr. Anjali Pathak’s office, is supposed to remain private.
But pages upon pages of un-shredded medical documents from Dr. Pathak’s Southside counseling office arrived here at First Coast News. An unsigned note reads, “Patient’s psychiatric records found in garbage.”
One patient, Cassandra Roberson, had her name and number listed on a fax.
“To me it’s very serious, it’s my own personal Read the rest of this entry »

A new NHS computerised medical records system on trial at a London hospital has been criticised by a hospital boss for causing “heartache and hard work”.
Andrew Way, chief executive of London’s Royal Free Hospital, said technical problems had cost the trust £10m and meant fewer patients could be seen.
The Department of Health said lessons had been learnt from the trial.
The England scheme, part of a £12bn IT upgrade, aims to put 50 million Read the rest of this entry »

November 01, 2008 3:50 PM
ABC News Matthew Jaffe reports: Democrats have not carried Indiana since the Lyndon B. Johnson landslide of 1964, but just 72 hours before Election Day, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., rallied voters in the Hoosier State, blasting the Republicans’ use of “Rovian”, “personally vicious” campaign tactics.
“Over the last few weeks, John McCain’s campaign has gone way over the top, way over the top,” the Democratic vice-presidential Read the rest of this entry »

Still no Medical Records from Palin; What’s the Hold Up?
October 29, 2008 1:20 PM
ABC News Kate Snow reports: Governor Palin’s campaign still has not released any information regarding her medical records despite frequent requests from the news media and the campaign’s own assertion that they would release this information soon.
On Sunday morning, Palin spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt told ABC News that the campaign had planned to release information Read the rest of this entry »

The child welfare worker overseeing an Antioch foster child who police say was tortured for 15 months and starved to death by her foster mother violated state regulations that require regular reports from doctors, therapists and others.
She also did not verify that Jazzmin Davis had enrolled for her freshman year in high school, when police say she was isolated and abused in her Antioch home.
The head of the San Francisco Human Services Agency Read the rest of this entry »

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The current worldwide financial crisis is transforming the problem of rising U.S. healthcare costs into a dire threat to our entire economy, making healthcare reform an increasingly urgent priority. Any potential approach to restructuring healthcare must include universal electronic medical records so that both patient care and policy decisions are fully informed. In his weekly address to the nation on Dec. Read the rest of this entry »

January 26th, 2009
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That $825 billion stimulus package contains a mere $37 billion for tech in three main areas: $20 billion to computerize medical records, $11 billion to create smarter electrical grids and
in rural and underserved communities,
The tech requests could result in 900,000 jobs in 2009, according to a study produced for the transition team Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON – As Barack Obama prepares to spend billions on health information technology as part of his plan to revive the US economy, some specialists are warning against investing too heavily in existing electronic recordkeeping systems.
In a recent open letter to the president-elect, a top technology adviser to the American Academy of Family Physicians said that current systems are expensive, cumbersome to use, and cannot easily exchange information Read the rest of this entry »