Digital Government
E-health hits South Africa
South African officials want vendors to submit suggestions for a nationwide electronic health record system.
Digital Government
Alberta hires Orion for health records
Orion North America expects to have the province-wide system running by March 31.
People
Open-source EHR suite gets upgrade
Hui OpenVista 3.0 includes selected patches to the VA system and includes a minimum subset of drugs in its pharmacy database.
Modernization
A leap in connectivity for global grid
DISA sees $3 billion procurement for up to 5,000 circuits as a commodity buy.
People
Raytheon exec tapped for defense IT
President Bush has nominated John Grimes to be assistant secretary of Defense for networks and information integration.
Digital Government
Wales releases e-health plan
The Informing Healthcare planning document calls for spending $47.4 million in 2005-2006 on electronic health care.
Digital Government
Australia health IT faces privacy fears
Public concerns over the privacy of Australia's electronic health record systems grow, and the efforts need more funding.
Modernization
DISA solicits circuit bids
The Defense Information Systems Agency released a formal request for proposals for a $500 million purchase of network circuits.
People
Say aloha to paperless prescriptions
The Pacific Telehealth & Technology Hui has developed the first pharmacy interface between DOD and VA electronic health care systems.
Digital Government
Health IT moves to actions
But standards and common language are still lacking for electronic health records, experts said.
Digital Government
UNM hospitals see new picture system
The University of New Mexico Hospitals system can finally afford Picture and Archiving Communications Systems.
Digital Government
Health records group gets California grant
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology received a $219,000 grant to help develop products for electronic health records.
Digital Government
Wyoming plans e-records for health
The Wyoming Healthcare Commission plans to form a regional health information organization as the first step toward statewide electronic health records.
Modernization
Dell sweeps the military academies
Dell won contracts to supply PCs to the incoming classes at all three military academies.
Digital Government
HHS floods market seeking health IT proposals
Bids for prototype networks could top $60 million, integrators say
People
A JTRS success?
Airborne and shipboard JTRS radios both passed a crucial system design review that keeps program on schedule and under budget.
Digital Government
HHS sees incorporating health care standards into FIPS
HHS anticipates that NIST will incorporate health care standards developed under RFPs released today into Federal Information Processing Standards.
Digital Government
Advisory board planned for health IT
HHS plans to form a public/private health care advisory board to push development and adoption of electronic health records nationwide.
People
Public wants open health records standards
A request for public comment on the National Health Information Network generated more than 5,000 pages of responses.
Digital Government