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Health information technology
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Preparing for the VA’s electronic health record system overhaul
Care delivery at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which serves 9 million veterans, will be fascinating to cover in the…
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Veteran health IT reporter shows how to sift through the whiz-bang at industry conferences
So your editor wants you to cover health information technology at a conference. Whether it’s a product launch, upgrade or…
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What we know about the nation’s newest health IT czar
On Friday, Politico broke the story that Donald W. Rucker, M.D., has been named the new national coordinator for health…
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Congress’ internet privacy pullback has implications for health journalists, consumers
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 28 voted 215-205 to eliminate Obama-era consumer protections that bar internet service providers…
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What Trump’s budget proposal may mean for health research agency
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes rolling a relatively obscure agency that conducts health care research into the National Institutes…
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Take a pulse check on health care innovation in your area
One feature of the Affordable Care Act that doesn’t get a lot of ink was the creation of the Centers…
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Examining ‘alternative facts’ in patient data
In this era of “alternative facts,” everyone should read Sue Halpern’s piece, “They Have, Right Now, Another You,” published in…
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Will the hope and hype of predictive analytics pan out?
Predictive analytics is an area of data science that is getting a lot of attention in health care. Predictive analytics…
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Health data bazaar: Covering the legal trade in patient data
There’s a big focus these days on cybersecurity in health care, and rightly so, with the frequency and cost of…
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Trump’s executive orders have effects on health IT
Health IT is getting tangled up in several of President Trump’s executive orders, and with more expected to touch the…