By William Hyman – CDS software is a subject of ongoing interest. Such systems have the theoretical potential to improve patient care by advising treaters on a variety of issues from the relatively mundane (flu shots) to big data based diagnostic prowess.
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By Paula Yoon – Disease surveillance is the foundation of public health practice providing essential data to inform decision making and respond to health threats.
Talk to your Family about Health History In 2002, the Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG) started the Family History Public Health Initiative to increase…
CDC and Public Health Objective of Cancer Reporting Stage 2 Eligible Professional Meaningful Use Menu Set Measures Measure #5 requires EPs to have the capability…
IBM Collaboration will Help Control Infectious Outbreaks Last week IBM Research reported their collaboration in standardizing the exchange and use of public health information to…
This Week’s Health IT Business News We lead off this week’s recap with the news that Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)Â has completed its acquisition of…
Solving Issues Around Big Data As Health Information Exchanges (HIE) become more common there is a greater focus on technology as a differentiating factor for…
ONC Committee Meetings and other Health IT Events Checking in on our Marketplace Event Calendar for August we find some interesting conferences and events you might…
Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Records at 55% The goal of the HITECH Act of 2009 is to advance adoption of certified EHR technology by…