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ERP system provides value for U.N. organization
Officials from the United Nations Development Programme are adding functionality to a 2-year-old enterprise resource planning system.
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Booz Allen hopes to transcend consulting image
The firm hopes an IRS program will send the signal that it is more than a strategy shop.
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FDA takes the pain out of Rx info
New rule requires online data for health care providers and consumers
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Katrina points to national EHR system
At the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, the lack of accessible records forced officials to reach out to pharmacies and insurance companies to gather information.
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Marchibroda: Speed the plow
Recent grants from AHRQ will boost 16 health information technology initiatives designed to create financially sustainable models for health IT adoption.
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The maiden voyage of MED-1
A prototype mobile hospital opened its doors in a Kmart parking lot in Waveland, Miss., to aid Katrina evacuees.
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Extreme house calls
In spring 2006, U.S. and Canadian officials will test the advanced technologies needed to deliver remote medical assistance.
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Dodged the storm but not the crisis
Health care facilities that were not in the direct path of hurricanes Katrina and Rita still felt their ferocious impact.
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Portland VA center pilots personal health portal
Portland is one of nine sites where the VA is demonstrating My HealtheVet to show that it can provide veterans with safe, secure and private electronic health records.
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Indiana dishes out EHR services
The first electronic health record system, installed in Indiana in 1972, still serves as a model for other health systems.
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A blanket of SNOMED
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to the widespread use of health records is medical terminology.
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