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Health Care: VA to team with DoD for Open Source VistA EHR Software Development

By Dick Weisinger

The Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense are teaming up to build a common Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.  The new system is to be based on the VA’s Open Source software known as VistA (Veterans Health Information Systems

Health Care: Will EHR Deliver on Its Hype?

By Dick Weisinger

Widespread use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in the Health Care industry is expected to make the industry much more efficient and dramatically improve the quality of health care that is provided.  The vision is shared by many, and one

Data Breach: How Well is Health Information Being Protected?

By Dick Weisinger

Data breaches at hospitals have recently been in the headlines: 1.7 million records from patients, vendors and contractors was stolen in a breach of New York City Health and Hospital Corp (HHC) information, a system of 14 hospitals.  The information

Health Care: Doctors Begin Embrace of Technology from Social Media to iPads

By Dick Weisinger

Doctors have always had a love for expensive high-tech medical equipment.  Think multimillion-dollar proton-beam therapy centers, robotic surgery, and advanced imaging technologies.  But when it comes to the mundane tasks of running their office as a business, doctors have been

Health Care: Government Pilots Kick Off for Health Record Sharing Project

By Dick Weisinger

This month the federal government launched a pilot in Minnesota and Rhode Island for the sharing of electronic health records via the internet.  The pilot is being called “the Direct Project“.   The pilot will expand next into New York,