Health Information Technology News
ONC:
2011 Criteria to be Basic (Health Data Management
- Sept. 17, 2009)
HIT
Advisory Group instrumental in providing valuable input
on the "meaningful use" objectives and measures for
comment letters to ONC and CMS
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Technology
Other Industry News
Constant
Transformation Is the New Normal (HarvardBusiness.org,
October 27, 2009)
Agency
to Announce Electronic Health Record Standards in December
(Supermarket News, October 26, 2009)
AHA
urges improvements to HITECH breach notification rule
(Healthcare IT News, October 26, 2009)
Evidence
Of An Emerging Digital Divide Among Hospitals That Care
For The Poor (Health Affairs, October 26, 2009)
How
to Avoid Satisficing (American Express OPEN Forum,
October 22, 2009))
HIT
Policy Committee Workgroup Hears Testimony on Laboratory
Data Exchange (AAMC's Washington Highlights,
October 23, 2009)
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GIR News and Updates
Call For Proposals -
GIR/GIP/GBA Joint Meeting
Proposals are now being accepted for sessions to be
held at the joint spring meeting of the Group on Information
Resources, Group on Institutional Planning, and the
Group on Business Affairs. View
guidelines or submit a proposal
AAMC Reporter - October 2009
The October
issue of the AAMC's Reporter is available
online. Among the features in this month's issue are
an update on health
IT and a look at the latest
in nanotechnology: nanomedicine.
AAMC News and Updates
Academic Medicine - November 2009
The November
issue of Academic Medicine is available online.
Articles include commentary on 'The
Relationship Status of Digital Media and Professionalism'
and essays in response to the journal's 2009 Question
of the Year, "How should academic medicine contribute
to peace-building efforts around the world?"
Medical
Schools and Teaching Hospitals Make the Case for Research
Funding
At a National Press Club event Oct. 21, 2009, leaders
of the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals
joined with patients, scientists, doctors, and industry
leaders to thank Congress and the Obama administration
for the medical research funding included in the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and to urge sustained
and significant annual budget increases for the National
Institutes of Health (NIH).
October
Issue of Academic Medicine Now Available Online
(AAMC - October 2009)
U.S.
Medical Schools, Teaching Hospitals Continue to Drive
Local Economies (AAMC - October 8, 2009)
A new report released by the AAMC reveals that its member
schools and teaching hospitals had a combined economic
impact of over $512 billion on their state economies
and the nation overall in 2008.
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