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McClellan to Chair Aging Technologies Commission Posted: 21 Apr 2010 07:29 AM PDT Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chair of the Commission of the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST), an international coalition dedicated to the development, evaluation, and adoption of emerging technologies that can transform the aging experience. In his role, McClellan will help to drive research and education around key policy issues to advance aging services technologies, and support efforts that educate healthcare professionals on how health IT can benefit older adults and their caregivers. A former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, McClellan is now director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform and Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair of Health Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Comprised of more than 400 technology companies, aging-services organizations, businesses, research universities, and government representatives, CAST is supported by the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, a member organization centered on advancing a new and better system of long-term care and services for America’s seniors.

Lourdes Hospital’s Clinical Portal Yields High Adoption Posted: 21 Apr 2010 07:28 AM PDT At Lourdes Hospital , a 397-bed facility located in Paducah, Ky., 100 physicians representing 80 percent of the affiliated practitioners have adopted Nashville-based Informatics Corporation of America (ICA)’s Web-based, interactive clinical portal. According to the company, ICAre Portal collects data from the hospital’s core information system, as well as laboratory, radiology, ambulatory EMRs, and other supporting clinical systems, to present a longitudinal patient record. The solution enables users to remotely view admission status, diagnostic results, clinical reports, and radiological images of patients in the hospital, it says. Part of the Cincinnati-based Catholic Healthcare Partners system, Lourdes serves residents of western Kentucky, southern Illinois and northwest Tennessee, particularly those who are underserved.

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