Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter on Tuesday hailed what he called an “innovative effort” to streamline electronic health information flow between hospitals and health care providers, and said the system could provide a model for improving how the data is shared nationwide.
The system, developed by the nonprofit
(CORHIO), launched Dec. 1.
, University of Colorado Hospital, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, and The Children’s Hospital 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.
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SPRINGFIELD – Chapin Rose said he marvels at what some abusers will do to find loved ones in order to hurt them.
That’s why the state representative introduced legislation that became law last week that prohibits an abuser named in an order of protection from getting access to his children’s medical records.
The bill sprang from a case that was brought to his attention last fall by a domestic violence advocate.
“This woman almost got killed. Read the rest of this entry »

posted earnings of $104 million, or 22 cents a share, for the third quarter. That is up from a net loss of $59 million, or 12 cents a share, during the same quarter last year.
Dallas-based Tenet (NYSE: THC) attributes its third quarter income rise to pretax gains on investment sales, valued at $140 million.
During the quarter, the hospital operator experienced 1.7 percent growth in same-hospital total admissions, 2 percent growth in same-hospital Read the rest of this entry »

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reports. The suit has been filed by the parents of the 14 year old girl, who allegedly obtained an abortion without parental consent after being impregnated by a 21 year old. Court records indicate that the girl had given the cell phone number of the 21 year old as her parental contact and that the clinic staff thought they had reached the father when they called inquiring about parental consent. At the time, the state’s parental consent law — which Read the rest of this entry »

Backed by both presidential candidates, Silicon Valley tech giants and other companies are leading an effort to create electronic health records containing data about your most intimate health conditions — from your bunions and bad back to your chronic hemorrhoids and psychiatric history — so the information can be easily shared with doctors, insurers and others.
Proponents of electronic health records believe they can dramatically cut Read the rest of this entry »

Backed by both presidential candidates, Silicon Valley tech giants and other companies are leading an effort to create electronic health records containing data about your most intimate health conditions — from your bunions and bad back to your chronic hemorrhoids and psychiatric history — so the information can be easily shared with doctors, insurers and others.
Proponents of electronic health records believe they can dramatically cut Read the rest of this entry »

Rep. Stark Introduces Bill To Create Electronic Medical Records System, Strengthen Privacy
Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, introduced a bill Monday that aims to create a national system of electronic medical records that would use Medicare reimbursement to encourage hospitals and physicians to adopt new technologies,
reports. The measure would create a series of incentives for physicians and hospitals Read the rest of this entry »

LITTLE ROCK — “Several” hospital employees who dug into the medical records of a television anchorwoman who was fatally beaten at her home have been fired, St. Vincent Medical Center said Wednesday.
A news release from the hospital did not specify how many employees were dismissed, or what kind of jobs they held.
“Several former employees of St. Vincent were dismissed from their jobs for inappropriately reviewing medical records of KATV Channel Read the rest of this entry »