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2007

Spending Bill Cuts Pandemix Preparedness Budget Request
Government Executive, December 19, 2007
The fiscal 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act working its way through Congress this week allocates only $76 million for pandemic influenza preparedness funding for the Health and Human Services Department, though the Bush administration requested a budget of $870 million for it.
The bill also chopped in half requested funding for the HHS office managing efforts to develop a national electronic health record system.

Military health IT funding measures move forward
Government Health IT, December 14, 2007
The authorization bill goes further, mandating that DOD and VA jointly develop and implement electronic health record systems that allow for full interoperability of personal health care information between the two departments.

The National Alliance for Health Information Technology Heads Project
DOTMed News, November 2007
Under the direction of management and technology consulting firm BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE: BE), the Alliance will create and secure industry endorsement of definitions for electronic health record (EHR), electronic medical record (EMR), personal health record (PHR), health information exchange (HIE) and regional health information organization (RHIO).

Defense Department, VA to Share Electronic Health Records
infoZine, November 9, 2007
"We're trying to assist in those business processes and make sure that when that physician needs that information ? what treatment has been provided to that individual or what tests have been run ? that that information is available," he said. "So when that individual is treating or diagnosing, they can do it on current information that's right at their fingertips. That's the goal."

House considers new agency to lead healthcare IT standards development
Healthcare IT News, September 27, 2007
In a bill that went relatively unnoticed, a House committee Sept. 26  considered changing the agency that oversees healthcare IT standards development. The oversight work first began in 2005 by President Bush’s executive order.

State Alliance for e-Health Information Protection Taskforce Recommendations
Government Technology, August 15, 2007
The Health Information Protection Taskforce is charged by the State Alliance with identifying and addressing issues pertaining to the privacy and security of consumer health information while allowing for seamless electronic health information exchange within and across states.

State Leaders on Different Trains
Illinois Review, July 23, 2007
As our state advances full steam ahead toward a record overtime session, and toward another threat of a government shutdown at the end of the month, state leaders still seem to be on different trains going different directions.

Lawmakers focus on federal role in promoting health IT systems
Amednews, July 2, 2007
Dumping the cost on the federal government won't happen in an era of budget deficits, Whitehouse concluded. So he took a different tack in his legislation, known as the National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2007.

U.S Consumers Demand Transparency and Accountability from Health Care Organizations, PNC Survey Finds
PRWeb, June 12, 2007
"Consumers are also demanding more electronic methods of record keeping such as electronic medical records, known as EMRs, which are electronic versions of patients' medical charts that can be accessed online by all health care providers involved with a patient," said Fryland.

Statutes and Rules that Require Mandatory Disclosure of Medical Records Violate HIPPA
Injuryboard, May 19, 2007
The voice of reason is finally kicking in: the Georgia Supreme Court recently struck down their statute requiring mandatory disclosure of medical records in medical malpractice cases citing HIPPA preemption.

Bill Clinton Backs Electronic Health Records
PC World, March 29, 2007
Electronic medical records could cut US$100 billion of administrative costs of the U.S. health-care system, on which Americans spend $800 billion per year, Clinton said, referring to a McKinsey & Co. study. An EMR bill backed in the U.S. Senate by his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, and former Republican Senate leader Bill Frist failed despite three years of bipartisan effort, Clinton said.

Bush Administration Has No Overall Strategy To Protect Patient Privacy in Electronic Health Records, GAO Report Finds
Kaiser Network, February 20, 2007
In 2004, President Bush said every U.S. resident should have an EHR by 2014, which could prevent "dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs and improve care." However, according to the Times, the report found that the Bush administration "had a jumble of studies and vague policy statements but no overall strategy to ensure privacy protections" would be built into a national EHR system.

States Get Federal Backing to Build More Efficient, High Quality Medicaid Systems
PR Newswire, January 25, 2007
In part, the funds will support more widespread use of electronic health care records that can be accessed by whole treatment teams, a move within the medical community to improve quality of care and reduce the potential for medical errors.

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