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CMS Grants Millions to 26 Networks for Safety Initiatives

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded grants totaling $218 million to 26 "Hospital Engagement Networks" to identify ways to reduce hospital-acquired conditions and then teach other hospitals in their region.
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Putting Image Sharing in Patient Hands

Work continues on the building of an information network enabling patients to access, store and share their radiological images and reports, along with other information, via a personal health record.
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ONC: Standards for HIE Won't be Optional

In a new blog posting, Doug Fridsma, M.D., of the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT gives an update on efforts to develop standards for the exchange of health information. And he makes clear the standards won't be optional.
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CDC Seeks Changes to National Healthcare Safety Network

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is requesting Office of Management and Budget approval to make several reporting changes to the National Healthcare Safety Network, to which providers voluntarily report information.
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HIE in Iowa: ‘Someone’s Got to Pay for It’

State Senator Jack Hatch (D-Des Moines) has been the lead sponsor for every health care reform legislation in Iowa for the past five years from his perch as the chair of the state senate’s Human Services Budget Subcommittee. His crowning achievement in the arena is the recently passed HF 649, which authorizes the creation of a statewide health information exchange.
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Cisco to Provide Employees with Clinic, Teleconsultations

Networking vendor Cisco Systems has contracted with Walgreens to operate a comprehensive clinical clinic and pharmacy for up to 40,000 employees and their dependents at Cisco headquarters in San Jose, Calif.
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Beth Israel Goes HIE with Imaging

Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City is beginning to transmit radiology results to the electronic health records systems of referring physicians.
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Siemens Buys HIE Vendor MobileMD

Siemens Healthcare has acquired health information exchange vendor MobileMD Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
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Aurion Open Source HIE Software Upgraded

The Alembic Foundation has released version 4.1 of its Aurion open source health information exchange software.
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ONC Tackling Population Data Query Issues

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched Query Health, an initiative to establish standards for querying widely distributed data sources such as electronic health records.
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