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Monday September 6th 2010

‘Health IT’ Archives

“Meaningful Use” for EHR’s Defined

“Meaningful Use” for EHR’s Defined

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services set out definitions for the “meaningful [...]

Health IT use for Under-served Communities

Health IT use for Under-served Communities

Much like other technological breakthroughs in medicine, health information technology (HIT) such [...]

Embracing the Electronic Era

Embracing the Electronic Era

Medicine lags behind many other industries in the transition to the electronic era. While high-tech [...]

The Kaiser Prototype for Health Information Technology

In 2004, Kaiser Permanente implemented KP HealthConnect, a possible prototype for an interoperable [...]

Electronic Medical Records

Health information technology has astounding potential to improve the delivery and management of [...]