NPI deadline: Insurers won't pay claims with old IDs after May 23
Perspective: the future looks good for health information exchanges
ONC awards six more contracts for national HIN project
Kaiser Completes Nationwide Roll Out of Outpatient EHR System
Research Says PHR Market Raises New Privacy Concerns
Most Doctors Want A National Health Plan
Operators of Retail Health Clinics Scaling Back Operations
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Gregg Pushes Leavitt To Release More Medicare Data
Consumers Say Benefits of Electronic Health Records Outweigh Risks
Researchers Say HIPAA Hinders Their Work
Nurses say IT security requirements impede nursing productivity
Seeking Sustainable RHIO Forest; View Obscured by Non-profit Trees
Political Changes Could Encourage E-Prescribing
Health Information Technology Structural Measures
eHealth Initiative's Fourth Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange
$400 in Grants from FCC for Health Networks
Now that's a government putting its money where its spin usually is. A large majority of the 80 organizations who applied are receiving funding. Examples: the Cabarrus Health Alliance gets $6 million; Copper Queen hospital gets $183,000.
Near Space Technology Brings Healthcare To Navajo Nation
Satellite technology to monitor diabetes funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant program.
Local Philanthropy Funds Health IT
Grocery magnate Hannaford Charitable Foundation gives $25,000 to Saratoga Hospital in its campaign for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Computer Physician Order Entry (CPOE).
First Health IT Grant Resource Directory Developed
The "HIT GRD" serves RHIOs, HIEs, hospitals, clinics, rural healthcare and HIT software vendors with information on private funding prospects for RHIO and health IT.
Wealth Transfer To Benefit Illinois Communities
We've been explaining the U.S. intergenerational wealth transfer for years now: Over the coming few decades, many trillions of dollars will pass from the largest generation ever to walk the earth to its heirs and favorite charities (we estimate nonprofit healthcare's slice to be upwards of $2 trillion -- with a T). And we're not alone; communities are catching on...
Resource: Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Some of the facts and figues for creating the HIT support case.
 Creative applications of lifesaving health IT |
These examples scarcely glimpse at the wide range of creative ways IT systems are beginning to find philanthropic support, often by emphasizing the critical information technology infrastructure backing up telemedicine and other clinical systems.
Remotely Healthy: Monitors Keep Track of Patients from a Distance
Multi-year grant from Health Foundation of South Florida.
Excellus BCBS Expands Partnership with Hospitals to Combat Hospital-Acquired Infections, Save Lives
$5 million expansion of funding for upstate New York hospitals involving infection control (real-time electronic access to infection-related clinical data component). In the GRD see the related Community Health Foundation of Western & Central New York.
Verizon Foundation Provides Funding for Seven South Carolina Nonprofit Programs
Relatively small grant with a portion for connectivity, communications, translation software.
Indiana HIE Receives $1.7 million Grant
The Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) receives $1.7 million from Regenstrief Foundation to support participation of small primary care practices in the RHIO.
Washington Regional Receives $2 Million From Wal-Mart
Nearing completion of an $8 million clinical information system, the grant supports these technology advancements to generate better information and enhanced data, and streamline processes that produce better patient outcomes.
Case Management Technology Could Cure Some of State's Health Care Ills
Joint venture funding confronts electronic chronic care case management.
Missouri Foundation for Health Infrastructure Grants
17 grants totaling $2.484,023 million to area health departments for infrastructure projects including the purchase of equipment supporting information technology, communication services; includes $576,646 to update the building and information technology equipment for Springfield-Greene County Health Department.
Working with legislators:
Hays Medical Center Receives $500,000 Federal Grant for Telemedicine, Connectivity
"We're very fortunate, Kansans are," said Jodi Schmidt, chief development officer at HMC. "Our congressmen are great about helping us go after federal funds for these sorts of things." Federal grants for these and related projects have totaled about $4 million over 10 years, the most recent (October, 2007) being the largest.
Effective Coattails:
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Receives $1.2 Million Grant for New Diabetes Management Study; Trial Will Evaluate Online Disease Management
Funds a solution developed by several partners including iMetrikus, Epic Systems, Palm and Sprint that will automatically upload blood glucose readings to patient's electronic health record
Policies and Practices to Look for from Organizations that Collect You
Survey: Health IT Spending, Outsourcing Contracts To Grow
Uninsured Nonelderly U.S. Residents Up 17.9% in 2006
New York Hospital, Insurer To Launch Network To Curb Fraud
Medicare Payment Policy: MedPAC Primers on Medicare Reimbursement
First Health Forms ePrescribing Partnership
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