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• What Does Meaningful Use Mean to You?

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 424
  One of my readers made some interesting observations about what meaningful use in a doctors office meant . It’s interesting how different people can look at the term meaningful use. Without getting into semantics, to me the words “meaingful use” means “a way to get government money.” Maybe I’m just a ...
  14 hours ago

• If You Represent US, You Must Vote Against Self-styled Healthcare Reform.

  
  Medical Malprocess — Authority: 113
  This is written to 435 people in the two Houses of Congress called our Representatives. “Represent” means to speak for or act in the best interest of. If you truly do that, you must vote against the HR (numbers change along with content and without notice) claiming to be healthcare reform. Here are five reasons. ...
  1 day ago

• New "saved" jobs lies: Washington state, Nevada

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 562
  Susan Barker is the superintendent of Castle Rock schools in Washington state. And the Daily News of Longview, Washington reports that she is upset with the Obama administration. State and federal figures released last week report that initial federal stimulus dollars “saved or retained” 24,000 teachers in ...
  1 day ago

• Laptop Heist Exposes Doctors’ Personal Data

  
  DISC Infosec blog — Authority: 118
  Another stolen laptop puts thousands of people’s personal data at risk but this time it’s the caregivers — not the patients — who are at risk.November 6, 2009By Larry... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 days ago

• The Future of Medical Technology

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 645
  In the future, a visit to your family physician, or any specialist, will begin with a quick scan of the computer screen, where a few keystrokes will tell the doctor everything he or she needs to know about you – all the way from how much you weighed at birth, to X-rays of that bone you broke when you flipped your ...
  2 days ago

• Back From the Brink?

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 139
  After the unemployment numbers were published this morning, even the NYTimes can’t sugarcoat what’s happening. Also after this month’s unemployment figures were released, Rep. Carolyn Maloney said that, yes, they’d pulled the economy back from the brink but that there’s still a long ways to go. NO ...
  2 days ago

• Critically Sick Healthcare – ‘Fixed’ Politically

  
  Medical Malprocess — Authority: 113
  Suppose that health care providers handled sick patients the same way that our so-called Representatives are treating a sick system named healthcare. Below are examples medical care followed in italics by analogous Congressional ‘treatment’ of healthcare. You go to your primary doctor complaining of pain in your ...
  2 days ago

• EHR Gains Support from Technology Companies

  
  EMR Blog — Authority: 124
  Technology firms have stepped forward to join the campaign to boost electronic health record systems. The AAFP’s Partners for Patients initiative unexpectedly received declarations of support from more than 20 companies stating how they also recognize the need to improve health care delivery in the United States. In ...
  3 days ago

• ARRA’s COBRA subsidy

  
  Elyse's musings — Authority: 103
  I just read this morning that legislation has been introduced in the US House to extend the COBRA subsidy assistance into 2010.
  3 days ago

• Tax News

  
  IRS Tax Problem Solver Blog - IRS Help — Authority: 127
  Syscos Deal with the IRS Restaurant food supplier Sysco Corp. has finalized a deal with the IRS over the agencys demands of taxes deferred by its subsidiary, Baugh Supply Chain Cooperative. Baugh is the subsidiary through which Sysco buys products for its business. The dispute arose when Sysco contended that Boughs ...
  4 days ago

• Extormity Announces New Marketing Strategy EHRs Available Soon for Purchase In Vending Machines – SEEDIE Lives On

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 516
  You have to love these guys, this is funny, so now all the junk foods and mints no longer have a monopoly on what you can buy!  According to the article they are also exploring other areas where the market for an EHR would be good, at the ball game or even at concerts (grin).  I take it this will be the “light” ...
  4 days ago

• Healthcare firms may not be prepared for HITECH

  
  WhoInnovated.com — Authority: 150
  As the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is in progress, the healthcare organizations face new challenges to maintain privacy and security of patient health data. View post: Healthcare firms may not be prepared for HITECH
  4 days ago

• Ohio: Not all "saved" jobs were in danger

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 562
  The Columbus Dispatch reports on some more "Obama math" used by the White House regarding those "saved" jobs: The Obama administration announced Friday that federal stimulus money had created or saved about 7,200 education jobs in Ohio as of Sept. 30. Although a couple of hundred of those jobs were in Columbus ...
  5 days ago

• New EHR Certifying Body – Drummond Group

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 424
  I’ve had real problems with the idea of there only being one EHR certifying body for a while now. I think competition usually brings the best out of organizations and forces them to be better than they would have been had there been no competition. Plus, it usually brings the price of things down also. With ...
  5 days ago

• Today’s Quotable and Notable

  
  Flypaper — Authority: 542
  Quotable : “There is just no excuse not to deal with this issue and deal with it quickly, deal with it directly, and deal with it in a straightforward manner. Put the kids back in school, get the instructional days back on the board, and then face up to whatever else you have to do in order to meet your ...
  5 days ago

• Toppled Obama stimulus "campaign sign" in Des Plaines

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 562
  Im hoping this toppled Obama stimulus "campaign sign" on the corner of Oakton and River Road in Des Plaines portends a successful Election Day for the Republican Party. Technorati tags: photography photos Barack Obama Obama arra government Illinois Chicago democrat des plaines ...
  5 days ago

• Medical programmers are just as bad as the doctors.

  
  Medical Malprocess — Authority: 113
  Programmers of medical information technologies (IT) seemed to have learned from the Renaissance Guild Masters. In at least one way, they are just as bad as doctors. For centuries, doctors have been accused of maintaining their power by keeping their arcane knowledge close to the vest and not sharing. To some extent, ...
  5 days ago

• USGS Announces LiDAR Funding Availability

  
  LiDAR News — Authority: 123
  The USGS is going to award 15 grants up to $500k for high res elevation and orthoimagery data. This will eventually be supplied to the public as part of the National Map. The private sector and federal agencies are not eligible. The deadline is December 1, 2009. The USGS announced last week that they intend to ...
  6 days ago

• PA Gets More Stimulus Money

  
  1490 NewsBlog — Authority: 151
  The U.S. Department of Education has approved $1.4 billion in economic stimulus money for education in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is the last state to have its application for State Fiscal Stabilization Grant money approved because of the 100-day budget impasse. The state will use the money to help pay for basic ...
  6 days ago

• Reports Shows Where ARRA Money Went

  
  1490 NewsBlog — Authority: 151
  New York Governor David Paterson today released a report outlining the distribution of more than $18 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending throughout the state. The report says Cattaraugus County received $135 million in food stamps, unemployment benefits and Pell Grants. County government and ...
  6 days ago

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