Stories about: Department of Health

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    Obama's 2013 IT budget: Less for DOD, less overall 14/02/2012 08:38:38

    U.S. President Barack Obama will request a 2013 federal IT budget of US$78.9 billion, a decrease of 0.7 percent from the government's 2012 budget.
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    Microsoft boosts Office 365 regulatory compliance 15/12/2011 01:05:26

    Microsoft has taken steps to make Office 365 more attractive to U.S. and European customers who have to comply with regulatory requirements related to data protection, the company is expected to announce Wednesday.
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    EHR use by doctors will foster personal health record uptake 25/08/2011 07:13:53

    A lack of electronic medical data from doctors, complicated setup processes and the static nature of personal health records (PHRs) have caused U.S. consumers to shun the products. But PHR use should increase as more doctors use electronic health records (EHRs) and tech vendors develop offerings that are easier to use.
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    UK health service warned of poor security by hacker group 10/06/2011 20:12:00

    The U.K. National Health Service (NHS) said Friday that no patient data was compromised after an intrusion of one of its websites by Lulz Security, a hacker group that has recently stung organizations including a U.S. public broadcasting network and Sony.
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    Companies explore private virtual worlds 13/05/2011 08:49:00

    Meetings, conferences and training programs in a 3D virtual world such as Second Life can be more engaging and productive than traditional online sessions and phone calls, and much less expensive than face-to-face meetings requiring travel. But some companies aren't willing to take on the security and compliance risks of using a public platform and are instead opting for private virtual worlds created behind the corporate firewall.
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    Auditors: ERP software woes could cost Idaho millions 31/03/2011 07:15:37

    Idaho may be out millions of dollars due to problems with a new system for processing Medicaid claims, according to a legislative auditor's report released this week.
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    Hospitals kill the fax and exchange health data over the Internet 04/02/2011 04:58:00

    Health-care facilities in two states have begun exchanging data with each other and public health agencies over the Internet as part of a pilot program that standardizes the way patient information is transmitted. The goal is to speed up data transmission and to track public health trends, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced today.
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    IBM, Aetna roll out cloud-based clinical decision support system 06/08/2010 05:41:00

    IBM and health-insurance giant Aetna Inc. Thursday introduced a cloud-computing offering that analyzes patient data stored in electronic medical records (EMRs) and administrative data systems and sends updates on treatment progress, drug interactions and best practices to physicians.
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    State CIOs focus on updating IT for national healthcare 03/08/2010 06:56:00

    State government CIOs are focusing on upgrading IT systems to support some 24 million people expected to be using state health insurance exchanges by 2019 as part of the national health care legislation passed by Congress late last year.
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    New York hospital loses data on 130,000 via FedEx 30/06/2010 15:41:00

    New York's Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center is notifying patients that their personal information may have been compromised after seven CDs full of unencrypted data were FedExed by a hospital contractor and then lost in transit.
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    Central Desktop adds simultaneous edits for Office docs 05/05/2010 06:38:00

    Central Desktop's hosted collaboration suite will gain a new component next month designed to let multiple users simultaneously work on the same Microsoft Office documents.
 
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