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Intercepts
Needed: IM etiquette during mortar attacks; An idea for IDs; The bandwidth ‘social issue’; Absolutely agog over AHLTA
Digital Government
Intel chairman: Big employers should push health IT
And Mark Warner, former governor of Virginia, estimates that health IT systems could cut annual U.S. health care costs by $140 billion.
Digital Government
Canada outpaces U.S. in health IT
As of next month, Canada Health Infoway will have pumped $562 million into health IT.
Digital Government
AHRQ launches health care IT resource center
The Web site includes a library with links to 5,000 health care IT-related documents and a health care IT evaluation toolkit.
People
Intercepts
Here comes Quadrennial-vision; Conference calls into the wild blue yonder; Medics are men, NFL players are boys; Remember: They speak English outside the Beltway
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DOD shows off light, fast Stiletto
Experimental vessel meets service’s vision of a new class of bold ships
Digital Government
The dawn of the electronic medication era
SureScripts' nationwide service will give physicians access to all e-medication records, no matter which drugstore store fills a prescription.
People
VHA taps CareFusion for bar code software
The product reads bar codes on medication and software modules, such as those that verify and label lab specimens.
People
Proposed budget big on pandemic flu readiness
Request includes $188 million for CDC to improve public health disease surveillance.
People
Official: Inefficient systems hinder commanders
Army Lt. Gen. John Vines said combat commanders in Iraq need integrated information to do their jobs.
People
Battlefield medical systems join Digital Age
System developed at Landstuhl, Germany, medical center tracks wounded warriors.
People
DOD review of $13B Encore II to be completed by Feb. 14
Revisions expected, with new due date 30 days after release of new amendment.
People
DOD's e-health record system to be ready in a year
A senior Pentagon health affairs official said the system represents a "revolution in battlefield medicine."
Digital Government
N.Y. mayor plans $100 million EHR system
Bloomberg seeks financial help from state and federal governments.
People
High-level command to counter roadside bombs
The group will develop new strategies to defeat roadside bombs and other improvised hazards for troops serving in Iraq.
People
Judge delays NSPS
A delay until at least March 1 will give a federal judge time to review arguments in a lawsuit challenging the National Security Personnel System.
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