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US Health and Human Services Secretary Recognises Health IT Standards
From http://hitsp.wikispaces.com/ On Wednesday, the HHS Secretary has recognized the second set of Interoperability Specifications developed by HITSP, specifically Emergency Responder Electronic Health Record, Consumer…
Details of US Health IT Stimulus Package
John Glaser, VP and CIO at Partners HealthCare System has posted up some details on HIStalk on the $20 bn Health IT portion of the…
Telemedicine in Australia
Article on Telemedicine in Australia in 'The Australian': THOUSANDS of patients from rural areas could be spared the expense and hassle of travelling to a…
Bill Hersh - How Many Informaticians Does It Take to Screw in a Lightbulb?
Great video from the On Informatics blog by Bill Hersh, Professor and Chair of DMICE:
High Interest, Low Use of PHRs
Via ReadWriteWeb: Compelling offerings from vendors ranging from Google, WebMD, and Microsoft to multiple insurers and employers have sparked buzz around PHR in the past…
Senate Hearing on Health IT
Peter James commented on the earlier post about Obama's $50 Billion Health IT plans: As of late, two more interesting developments in HIT regarding the…