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HHS CTO gives update on e-health records
The Federal Drive's Tom Temin caught up with Todd Park, the chief technology officer for Health and Human Services. Park gives an update on the progress of moving towards electronic health records and examines a linkage between two pieces of health record legislation.
Tags: Todd Park , health care reform , electronic health records , Executive Leadership Conference , Federal Drive , technology
Text-4-Baby exemplifies public-private partnership project
The Text-4-Baby program is a good example of a public-private partnership. Todd Park, chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, and Yvonne Green, director of the office of women's health at the Centers for Disease Control, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the successes of the program.
Tags: Yvonne Green , Todd Park , CDC , text-4-baby , technology , public-private partnerships , Dorobek Insider
HHS readying new health care innovation office
Department of Health and Human Services officials are preparing for the opening of the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in January. The office is supposed to help spread the use of innovative new payment and delivery systems to drive down the cost, and expand the availability of health care nationwide.
Tags: management , health IT , health care , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , Don Berwick , Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation , Brookings Institution , Farzhad Mostashari , Max Cacas
White House hands out awards for green efforts
Subhead: Administration honors sustainability efforts by seven agencies with the 2010 GreenGov Presidential awards.
Tags: green government , management , White House , Council on Environmental Quality , Nancy Sutley , NARA , VA , Forest Service , Energy , NIST , DoD , 2010 GreenGov Presidential Awards , Jason Miller
HHS chooses Verizon for second Networx deal
The Department of Health and Human Services chose Verizon to provide data services under the Networx telecommunications contract.
Tags: technology , contracting , Verizon , Networx , telecommunications services , Jason Miller
Agencies see IT Dashboard as starting point
EPA CIO Jackson said he wants to dig deeper to improve programs and save money on technology systems. Others are using the data on the dashboard to have a common language across the department.
Tags: technology , Malcolm Jackson , John Teeter , Darren Ash , EPA , OMB , FDA , NRC , IT Dashboard , AFCEA , Project management , Jason Miller
Sebelius could face health-reg fight
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius could find herself pitted between top Democrats on Capitol Hill and state insurance commissioners over a key section of the health care overhaul.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads ,
FDA responds to new pandemic preparedness guidelines
Learn more about what reforms the FDA has in store
Tags: Federal Drive , management , FDA , pandemic preparedness , George Korch
White House recognizes 8 agencies for leadership in transparency
EPA, NASA and Transportation receive two honors each in different categories. Overall 17 agencies received all green scores on the Open Government dashboard.
Tags: management , Aneesh Chopra , Cass Sunstein , White House , EPA , NASA , DOT , Interior , GSA , Treasury , open government , transparency , open government dashboard , Jason Miller
New rules might speed adoption of e-health records
Health IT evangelist explains why.
Tags: technology , EHR , health IT , Brian Ahier , DorobekInsider
