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Digital Government
CMS Seeks to Broaden Use of Health IT Reports
Agency wants to use data to improve quality of care.
Digital Government
Health IT investigation finds ‘gaping security holes’
Most known data breaches have been hackers intent on identity theft.
Digital Government
Feds resolve to facilitate health data exchange in 2013
A new funding opportunity announced late last week will pave the way.
Digital Government
HHS moves toward safer electronic health records
The department's new road map aims to improve data quality.
Digital Government
Privacy group asks HHS to regulate the cloud
Securing protected information is the top priority.
Digital Government
Outlook for telehealth market: Global warming
Fifty-five percent revenue growth projected for 2013.
Digital Government
Health insurance exchange extension?
States are unlikely to meet January 2014 deadline.
Digital Government
GAO analyzes federal health IT incentives
Medicaid EHR incentives typically went to nonprofit, independent acute-care facilities in Southern cities last year, report finds.
Digital Government
New tools secure mobile health data
HHS launched an education initiative to help providers protect health information.
Digital Government
Health care providers leave patients' data vulnerable
Risks will increase with the growing use of mobile and cloud technologies, study finds.
Digital Government
Electronic records surge continues
Nearly 72 percent of office-based doctors use them.
Digital Government
FDA needs mobile health IT office, lawmaker says
Bill from Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., would establish an Office of Wireless Health.
Digital Government
Trending: Health IT in 2013
Larger-scale remote monitoring of chronic conditions and more patients using mobile apps are among predictions.
Digital Government
Oversight of e-health record incentive program is lax, IG says
Program risks paying incentives to professionals and hospitals that do not meet meaningful use standards.
Digital Government
More doctors prefer pixels to prescription pads
Almost half of all physicians prescribe drugs electronically through an electronic health record.
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Doctors abroad report mixed results for health IT
Researchers surveyed primary care physicians in 10 nations.
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Virtual visits to doctors' offices yield good outcomes
E-diagnoses are about as accurate as in-person ones for some ailments, researchers find.
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Health information exchanges face significant financial challenges
Some may not be sustainable after federal funding dries up.
Digital Government