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Facing an innovation deficit
Proponents of U.S. competitiveness beat the drum for more spending on IT research
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California rejects Diebold
California has chosen not to use an electronic voting machine made by Diebold Election Systems.
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Uniform privacy rules are debated
A long-running debate over protecting the privacy of health information made an appearance at a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing Wednesday.
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Florida makes a move to a health IT network
Sunshine state plans to build a state equivalent to the national network for health IT.
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HyperSpace acquisition of MPC is completed
The newly combined company will develop software as well as build on MPC's designs for hardware.
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Marchibroda: Congress on the move
The recent spate of congressional activity in health information technology bodes well for the future of health care.
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Bush signs law that creates medical error databases
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, signed by President Bush, will require the establishment of a network of databases to hold medical error data.
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Health IT could get boost in Fed health plan
Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) plans to introduce a bill to get the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the largest health plan in the country, to use health IT.
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Health association calls for code updates
A medical records code set currently in use is outdated and running out of room for expansion, the American Health Information Management Association says.
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Alberta launches $153.7M medical digital imagery system
The new system is expected to save the Canadian province $350 million a year.
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Tampa law agencies form network
CopLink technology will enable investigators to search data stored in multiple jurisdictions.
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SI revenue soars 50 percent
Organic growth and acquisitions combine to send integrator earnings up.
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Lockheed credits IT for part of its growth
IT figured strongly in company's first quarter growth as well.
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Senate committee approves merged health IT bill
Senate committee members last week approved a bipartisan health information technology bill.
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Parcel data is hot real estate
A Center for Technology in Government study finds strong demand for more -- and more accurate -- land information.
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