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State and federal privacy laws rigorously restrict sharing of mental health and other highly sensitive patient records. A technique called “data tagging” may be key in facilitating health care providers’ compliance with these requirements. Via Modern Healthcare : Using off-the-shelf...
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Also: FDA officials are concerned about an experimental Pfizer arthritis treatment, Cuba's recipe to fight AIDS included harsh tactics, and widespread antibiotics use in India is helping breed super bugs.
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Also: A study suggests exercise helps ward of Alzheimer's, even in patients over 80 years old; U.S. officials seize contaminated ultrasound gel; and a combination of Hepatitis C drugs show promise.
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Also: The World Health organization estimates world-wide cases of dementia will triple by 2050; the VA gave a contract to supply medications to McKeeson; and Planned Parenthood sues Texas to stop the state from blocking it from a women's-health program.
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VBrick is exhibiting at the HIMSS Show, Booth 900, February 21-24 in Orlando Florida if you are there attending the convention. The VA Caribbean Healthcare hospital and other facilities are located in Puerto Rico where they are currently renovating and expanding current facilities for veterans...
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Tue, Feb 22 2011
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Every time you turn around we keep hearing of yet another new contract for the VA and DOD and here’s more. Are they going to give up on their own and get one from McKesson? In the meantime there’s a lot of development going on with VistA too, so this is incredibly confusing and seems like...
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Wed, Feb 9 2011
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Well obviously this is spreading to the government entities and we are seeing some verification here too on the need to collaborate. Everyone is stuck on the “Innovation” word but really it takes care of itself, collaboration is what is needed. All you need to do is put out what areas you...
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Sun, Feb 6 2011
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The revamp is needed they said to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) initiative and make it easier to exchange patient data. The Coast Guard just invested in a system from EPIC to also make use of the VLER program, again everyone needs to be able...
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Yes I read everything that was in the news like everyone else did yesterday and this is my take on this situation. I keep saying these folks on Congress need some “brains” or what I call Algo Men to help them before taking an immediate stance and coming out in public with items as such which is...
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Fri, Nov 12 2010
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When you give this some thought, when you send money to those who tend to be lost in the world of how technology and algorithms impact today’s world, they don’t mess with your business. Money going in this direction to the IT illiterate, who have no “Algo Man” to back up and research...
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Mon, Oct 4 2010
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She talks about the GOP Pledge and the pdf format that was used for the original presentation. We all deal with pdf documents all the time and she of course brings something forward we all probably use, “right click’ properties. The properties show the some of the folks who created input...
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Fri, Sep 24 2010
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This is an update on the continuing investigation of what happened and caused the Philadelphia VA treatments to be stopped. What is sad too is that even after it was plugged back in to do the calculations, some procedures and treatments still did not include the calculated information that leads...
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Wed, Jul 22 2009
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This basically is stating that further aggregation is needed for coordination and better management, aka Business Intelligence. It will also open the doors it states for the public to be aware of what is happening and changing. There’s quite a list of projects that have been halted below, most...
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Tue, Jul 21 2009
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92 of 116 cancer treatments over a span of more than six years had issued and problems, isotope seedings mostly in the wrong locations and defective or substandard seeds causing patient problems and repeating of surgical procedures. So far there has been no reportings of the substandard seeds causing...
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This is new concept being tried in Florida and perhaps could work well with a good match of families and the veteran, as there’s nothing worse than being stuck in a facility without some human interactions. BD (CBS/AP) Some veterans are being placed in foster homes where they can receive...