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| Forum to Focus on ARRA Spending Posted: 29 Apr 2009 10:15 AM PDT On Thursday, April 30, Markle Foundation (New York) is hosting Getting Health IT Right Under ARRA, a forum that it says will bring together health IT experts and government decision-makers to discuss how to best spend the funds allocated for the industry in the stimulus package. The event will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Newseum, Room 802, located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington. It will feature a public-private coalition of IT and healthcare stakeholders regarding “meaningful use,” the Foundation says. Speakers will include: · David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health IT, Department of Health and Human Services · Mark McClellan, Director of the Engelberg Center at the Brookings Institution · Todd Park, Senior Fellow for Health IT at the Center for American Progress · Zoё Baird, President of the Markle Foundation · Carol Diamond, Managing Director of the Markle Foundation For more information or to RSVP, please contact Amy Martin at amartin@gymr.com or 202-745-5118. |
| VA Medical Centers Automate ICU Documentation Posted: 29 Apr 2009 10:09 AM PDT The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has contracted with Picis (Wakefield, Mass.) to deploy its Critical Care Manager at the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12, also known as the Great Lakes Health Care System, the company says. According to Picis, the solution offers a decision support system designed to provide ICU clinicians with the point-of-care information. Critical Care Manager eView provides users with Web access to patient trends in diagnostics, and consolidates information to help clinicians quickly identify patients requiring attention, it touts. The solution is interoperable with the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, it adds. Critical Care Manager will be implemented at William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (Madison, Wis.), Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Milwaukee), Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (Chicago), North Chicago VA Medical Center, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital (Hines, Ill.) and Iron Mountain VA Medical Center (Iron Mountain, Mich.). The VA Great Lakes Health Care System is a group of seven medical centers and more than 30 clinics dedicated to providing comprehensive care to America’s veterans. The System serves veterans who reside in northwestern Indiana, northern Illinois, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. |
| Swine flu: No reports in FL yet Posted: 4/29/2009 © Sarasota Herald-Tribune As the first death is reported in the U.S. from swine flu, Florida still has no confirmed cases. Doctors throughout the state are sending samples to state labs for testing, but it takes a couple of days to receive answers. The Miami Herald reports that cruise lines are canceling stops in Mexico. |
| Drug reps' notes tell secret of sales Posted: 4/5/2009 © St. Petersburg Times Riveting reading: AstraZeneca sales reps' notes on how they used gourmet chocolates and other freebies to change Florida doctors' prescribing habits. One Tampa neurologist who wouldn't talk to the drug rep at all about Seroquel became a big subscriber and won free trips to Europe. |
| Posted: 4/6/2009 From a press release Florida Medicaid patients and those who treat them will soon have access to their full health record online through a partnership between the state and Availity LLC. The company will offer a secure Web portal, state officials say. |
| Group turns down North Collier Hospital offer Posted: 4/5/2009 © Fort Myers News-Press NCH Healthcare System in Naples has ended its long-time alliance with local neonatologists and has brought in a group from Miami, causing a flap in Lee and Collier counties. |
| Posted: 4/3/2009 © Health News Florida Florida pays managed-care plans $2.5 billion a year to make sure Medicaid patients in the state get proper preventive care and treatment. New data from 2008 show Florida plans' performance fell far below the national average, and near the bottom in care for infants, pregnant women and the mentally ill. |
| Surgeon takes flight to cut costs Posted: 4/2/2009 © Health News Florida Some patients travel to get a price break, but how many take their surgeons with them? Last month, Miami-area surgeon Arnon Krongrad flew to Trinidad with one of his prostate cancer patients so that the uninsured man could afford the procedure he wanted. |
| More doctors say no to Medicare Posted: 4/2/2009 © Sarasota Herald-Tribune So many doctors are opting out of Medicare that a lot of patients seek treatment at urgent-care centers, which were never intended for that purpose. |
| 2 counties dropped from 'medical home' Posted: 4/02/2009 © Tampa Tribune A "medical home" proposal that would have Medicaid patients use health centers for primary care and medical schools for specialty care passed a House panel on Wednesday. However, it now applies to just two counties; two were dropped. |
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