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Healthcare IT In Government - "Progress & Best Practices"
Listen June 26th at 12pm
Program will discuss the Current Status and Progress Made in Healthcare IT & with the NHIN, Best Practices & Benefits, Improvements in Security & Privacy of EHR's, and a Vision for The Future for Healthcare IT & NHIN
Tags: technology , Federal Executive Forum , EMC , Quest , McAfee , Paul Christman , Sanjay Joshi , Tom Conway , Peter Levin , Michael Weiner , Doug Fridsma , Jim Flyzik , healthcare , VA
Govt. gene sleuths stop superbug that killed 6
Over six frightening months, a deadly germ untreatable by most antibiotics spread in the nation's leading research hospital.
Tags: NIH , Federal Drive ,
NIST hosts two-day workshop on big data
Big data enthusiasts from government, industry and academia are getting their hands dirty. The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Science Foundation held a two-day workshop recently to explore the technologies needed to collect and analyze big data. Attendees also examined how big data can enhance areas like science, health and security. The government announced in March its plans to invest $200 million dollars in the growing field.
Tags: The Big Data Report , NIST , technology ,
My HealtheVet - The Gateway to Veterans Health and Wellness
Tom Temin, of the Federal Drive, has an in depth discussion with the experts and users about the My HealtheVet program. He reviews the clinical applications of the new upgraded system and what that means for Veterans today and for the future.
Tags: Tom Temin , Veteran Affairs , My HealtheVet , Theresa Hancock , Dr. Ross Fletcher , Craig Carpenter , Madhulika Agarwal , pay and benefit , Veteran ,
mHealth: Transforming the face of health service delivery
Hear firsthand from Dr. Mwendwa Mwenesi and Dr. Michael Cowan how mHealth is providing accessibility and affordability in global healthcare.
Tags: FedCentral , management , Deloitte , Mwendwa Mwenesi , Michael Cowan
9/14/09 - Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense
Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense have been working for more than a decade on sharing health data but more work still needs to be done. According to a new report, the two agencies aren't ready to be fully inter-operable in their sharing of electronic medical data. While some progress has been made, VA and DOD still need to expand the inpatient records systems and hire more full-time employees to establish accountability for the department's interoperability efforts.
Tags: technology , Interoperability Report , VA , DoD ,
Health Records
A decade long effort by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to share information between their Electronic Health Records systems is finally starting to bear some fruit. While VA and DOD are now able to exchange patients' social history data, share physical exam data and ensure high bandwidth for secure network gateways, GAO says they need to define more quantifiable goals. The two departments expect by September 30th to be able to transmit periodic health assessment data stored in the DOD electronic health record over to VA.
Tags: technology , Power of Information , DoD , GAO
Healthcare reconciliation: how Congress will hug it out
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he still hopes to bring a health care reform package to the floor next week. His target remains passage by year's end.
Tags: Congress , Jodi Schneider ,
Inside Government - August 7th, 2009
Michael D. Yates
Author of "Why Unions Matter"
Elise Gould
Director of Health Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute
Tom Webb
President, AFGE SSA Local 3615
Tags: Pay & Benefits , Inside Government , AFGE , Michael D. Yates , Labor , Elise Gould , Tom Webb , Economic Policy Institute , tax , health care
