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Patients’ e-records facing legal hurdles

February 28, 2006 on 12:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Although information technology promises to reduce medical errors and bolster efficiency, the road to the electronic promised land is fraught with legal potholes.

Healthy progress for NHS e-record system

February 28, 2006 on 12:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off The second trial of the electronic transfer of a patient's healthcare record from one GP surgery to another has been completed.

Report Identifies Hurdles to EHR Implementation

February 28, 2006 on 12:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off The Healthcare Financial Management Association recently released a report that identifies the top barriers to electronic health record implementation and recommends strategies for the federal government to help providers overcome those hurdles.

Consumer-Directed App Launched

February 28, 2006 on 12:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Enkata Technologies Inc., a vendor of business performance decision support software, is introducing a software module to help insurers manage consumer-directed health plans.

Intel joins health IT standards effort

February 28, 2006 on 12:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off An Intel executive said yesterday that the company is working on health data interchange standards and will have something to show for its efforts this year.