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HHS awards $83.9M to boost health IT
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced June 3 $83.9 million in grants to 45 organizations to help networks of health centers adopt electronic health
records and other health information technology systems. The funds are part of the $2 billion allotted to HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to expand health care services to low-income and uninsured individuals through its health center program. More
Has the time come to embrace telehealth as a system solution?
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A growing number of health care providers say that telemedicine is the key to health reform, arguing that the technology can enhance record keeping, reduce waiting times, cut unnecessary hospitalizations and reduce costs. But there also are those who view telemedicine as an expensive, intrusive technology, ostensibly a gimmick promoting exotic health care reform.
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Conference showcases benefits of health-related
video games
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For those of you not watching, video games are not just for entertainment any more. A field of serious games
has been developing for some time, and one of the most robust areas is games to improve health. Recently in Boston, more than 400 game developers, designers, health professionals, researchers and investors gathered for the Games for Health conference to talk about where the field is and where it's going.
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It's happened again: FTC delays Red Flags Rule enforcement
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The Federal Trade Commission delayed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule for a fifth time, this time extending the date seven months. Enforcement was scheduled for June 1. It now has changed to Dec. 31.
The FTC says on its website that the delay comes at the request of Congress as it "considers legislation that would affect the scope of entities covered by the rule."
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TELUS, Microsoft begin pilot project for PHR platform in Canada
National Post
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TELUS has announced an electronic health service that will give patients instant online access to all their medical files. Inspired by social-networking features, the new platform will let patients and
their health care providers input and share information in a high security, high bandwidth online database. It's a move TELUS chief executive Darren Entwistle said will "revolutionize" health care.
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Assessing the HITECH Act
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
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Manatt Health Solutions has released a comprehensive review of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act's implementation to date. HITECH was a key component of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, designed to improve the quality, efficiency and coordination of health care through financial incentives for providers to adopt and meaningfully use electronic health records.
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E-health and Web 2.0: The doctor will tweet you now
Computerworld
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When Janel Wood's 9-year-old son recently began experiencing migraines, the working mother decided to try a new company health care program that allowed her to communicate with a doctor through
videoconferencing, voice over IP and instant messaging. While her son was home for lunch, Wood logged onto a portal offered by medical plan Online Care Anywhere and connected via videoconferencing and IM with the doctor on duty at her local hospital.
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Home monitoring gives heart failure patients boost
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Heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in the hospital and reported their quality of life had significantly improved during the 12-month evaluation period, according to a new study. The research, called CARME (Catalan Remote Management Evaluation) was conducted at the Spanish Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, and supported by Royal Philips Electronics,
The Netherlands-based conglomerate that is the parent company of Andover, Mass.-based Philips Healthcare.
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What online communication services do your children's health care providers offer?
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Fourteen percent of parents surveyed said they are able communicate online or via e-mail with their children's health care providers regarding minor illnesses or injuries, while 47 percent said such access would be very helpful, according to a new national poll on children's health. The survey also found that 11 percent of parents can request prescription refills online and 9 percent of parents can schedule appointments
online.
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AMA leads suit to block FTC rule telling doctors to police ID theft
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Organized medicine is turning to the courts for relief from what physicians say is an overreaching government mandate that ropes them into the same category as financial institutions and threatens relationships with patients by requiring doctors to police identity theft. The American Medical Association and two other medical organizations on May 21 sued the Federal Trade Commission to block the agency from subjecting physicians to
its Red Flags Rule.
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Should doctors be exempt from the FTC's Red Flags Rule?
The Wall Street Journal
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The Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule requires businesses offering credit to come up with a written policy for finding, preventing and dealing with identity theft. But the law is controversial and has been delayed several times — most recently when the FTC pushed off until Dec. 31 the implementation originally scheduled for June 1. The American Bar Association sued last year, saying the law shouldn't apply to lawyers,
and a judge agreed. (An FTC appeal is pending.)
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