Aug 21, 2008
InSPN Meeting - Topics / Agenda
(1) Personal Health Records & (2) Disaster Preparedness in the Wake of Floods, Tornados, Earthquakes, etc. More | Register now!
Nov 20, 2008
InSPN Meeting - Topics / Agenda
(1) Data Leaks through Social Networking Websites (2) Vendor Technology Fair More | Register now!
Jun 22, 2008
Renewal Time for Current Members
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Jun 13, 2008
BXBS of Mass partnering with GoogleRecords
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced that it is partnering with Google Health to allow its members to import their claims data into Google's personal health record tool, the Boston Globe reports.
BCBSMA said it is the first insurer to sign on to the PHR program, which it says will help patients manage their medical care (Krasner, Boston Globe, 6/13). More >>Jun 2, 2008
Dept of Health & Human Service- Health IT Strategic Plan: 2008-2012
HHS has published “The ONC-Coordinated Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2008-2012” This Plan lays out the milestones for achieving the federal goals for a nationwide, interoperable electronic health record and the many steps it believes need to be taken to achieve its goals. The Plan identifies two goals: Patient-focused Health Care and Population Health. Patient-focused Health Care goal is to enable the transformation to higher quality, more cost-efficient, patient-focused health care through electronic health information access and use by care providers, and by patients and their designees. The Population Health goal is to enable the appropriate, authorized, and timely access and use of electronic health information to benefit public health, biomedical research, quality improvement, and emergency preparedness. More >>