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Conn. health insurer acknowledges missing data

By Associated Press
November 19, 2009
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that health insurer Health Net lost financial, health and personal information of nearly 450,000 state residents and failed to inform consumers for six months.
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Privacy expert says consortium could be IT lifesaver

By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer
November 19, 2009
Hospitals and physicians have a little more than 13 months to buy, implement and demonstrate that they can “meaningfully use” an electronic health-record system to be ready for the first “payment...
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Sparta Systems promotes Gerraughty to COO

By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer
November 19, 2009
William Gerraughty Jr. was promoted to chief operating officer in addition to his role as chief financial officer at Sparta Systems.
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Computer Sciences Corp. awarded HHS IT contract

By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer
November 19, 2009
HHS awarded Computer Sciences Corp. a contract to compete on various information technology task orders.
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‘Reinvention' ahead for CCHIT's Mark Leavitt

By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer
November 18, 2009
What's next for Mark Leavitt? Think of lasagna.Leavitt said he'll turn 60 in mid-March and wants to be out of the job by the end of the month, and then he'll add what he describes as another layer to his career while...
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Union rules caused HIMSS to shy from Chicago

November 18, 2009
In response to Jean DerGurahian's "HIMSS going to Vegas for 2012 conference":The reason the members chose Las Vegas...
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Radiologists criticize new mammogram guidelines

By Shawn Rhea / HITS staff writer
November 18, 2009
The American College of Radiology has criticized a new set of breast cancer screening recommendations from a federal advisory board that suggest...
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Medtronic receives FDA warning post-inspection

By Shawn Rhea / HITS staff writer
November 18, 2009
Minneapolis-based devicemaker Medtronic has received a Food and Drug Administration warning letter regarding an August 2009 inspection of the company's cardiac-rhythm-device production facilities in Mounds View, Minn.
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GetWellNetwork names Perry chief operating officer

By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer
November 18, 2009
Michele Perry was named chief operating officer of GetWellNetwork.
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EMDAT promotes Randy Olver to CEO

By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer
November 17, 2009
Randy Olver was named CEO of EMDAT, effective immediately.
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HITrust launches IT security certification program

By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer
November 17, 2009
The Health Information Trust Alliance, commonly known as HITrust, a consortium of health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, information technology vendors and data-miners formed to address health IT security issues, has...
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West Coast ‘Code-A-Thon' set for Connect software

By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer
November 17, 2009
So far, about 180 federal officials and representatives from a host of private organizations have registered to convene on the campus of Portland (Ore.) State University later this week for a two-day
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Data handlers not prepared for breach rules: survey

By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer
November 17, 2009
Thousands of “business associates” handle millions of our healthcare records on behalf of so-called “covered entities” as those terms are defined under the Health Insurance Portability and...
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IT effect on patients, providers most vital: Blumenthal

By Rebecca Vesely / HITS staff writer
November 17, 2009
Proposed rules on the meaningful use of electronic health records will be made public by the end of the year or perhaps sooner, said David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology at HHS.In a...
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Do you agree with HHS' breach notification model?

November 17, 2009
Do you agree with HHS' interpretation of the new breach notification rule law that hospitals, physicians and other so-called "covered entities" should...
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Sebelius names members to AHRQ advisory council

By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer
November 16, 2009
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius named seven healthcare professionals to the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Maryland gets two healthcare grants worth $5 million

By Associated Press
November 16, 2009
Southern Maryland is getting nearly $5 million in federal stimulus money for healthcare projects.
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CMS Web site to report outpatient results

By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer
November 16, 2009
Hospitals will face even greater quality pressure as the CMS begins to require public reporting of outpatient measures on its Web site Hospital Compare.Beginning in June 2010,
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UMG to purchase Del Global medical imaging unit

By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer
November 16, 2009
United Marketing Group said it has entered into an agreement in principle to buy Del Global Technologies Corp.’s Del Medical Imaging business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Do you agree with HHS' breach notification model?

November 16, 2009
Do you agree with HHS' interpretation of the new breach notification rule law that hospitals, physicians and other so-called "covered entities" should...
... FULL STORY

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