Medicare Law Prompts a Rush for Lobbyists
August 23rd, 2005
The new Medicare law has touched off explosive growth in lobbying by the health care industry, whose spending on advocacy here far exceeds that...
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Bush signs bill creating electronic prescription monitoring
August 12th, 2005
President Bush signed into law a bill to create electronic monitoring programs to prevent the abuse of prescription drugs in all 50 states.
The new...
Medical software from feds could benefit big health care
August 8th, 2005
Some IT managers at large health care organizations are delighted that the federal government plans to offer its electronic health records (EHR) software to...
Employers Battle Maladies That Drain Staff Productivity
July 2nd, 2005
Sneezing and headaches are starting to mean something to many employers.
Sensing that they’re hitting a ceiling in terms of passing along health costs to...
Medical Privacy vs. Health Care Quality?
May 23rd, 2005
{We believe this interpretation of HIPAA is wrong and that the authors’ position violates medical ethics requiring patient consent before use or disclosure of...
Questions arise about records law
March 28th, 2005
Though lauded as a standard-bearer for medical privacy nationwide, a federal law that took effect in April doesn’t seem to be doing Clif Poole...
Communities Adjust to Medical Privacy Laws
March 13th, 2005
Practices which helped neighbors stay connected in this community of 1,200 and others like it across the country are largely gone — partly because...
Role of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems in Facilitating Medication Errors
March 9th, 2005
ABSTRACT
Context Hospital computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are widely regarded as the technical solution to medication ordering errors, the largest identified source of...
Doctors’ Journal Says Computing Is No Panacea
March 9th, 2005
The Bush administration and many health experts have declared that the nation’s health care system needs to move quickly from paper records and prescriptions...
Bill to create electronic health network passes
March 2nd, 2005
The Courier-Journal FRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky will soon begin creating a statewide electronic health network allowing doctors, hospitals and pharmacies to share medical information about...