Government & Policy
Experts now pin hopes on new ideas, such as record locator services, to help doctors find patient information.
CDC, DHS systems for detecting and managing epidemics or bioterrorism attacks are years from deployment, GAO reports.
A minority of Medicare patients in 2001 visited doctors who used clinical IT tools.
PDA-like Health Buddy will monitor patients with chronic illnesses, potentially cutting health care costs by five percent.
Participation by the state's Medicaid program paves way to provide 4 million Tennessee residents with electronic medical records.
One prototype of health data exchange will be based on open-source software.
Senator criticizes failure to commit more fiscal 2006 funds to support e-health initiatives.
Agency will expand involvement in the electronic health records initiative as a partner of the Department of Health and Human Services.
First application will enable physicians to check on a patient's eligibility for benefits.
Like other recent legislation, the latest efforts to promote use of technology comes with bipartisan backing.
