An Update on Health IT from Dr. David Blumenthal
The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services summarizes the year in health IT for the 2010 ONC Update Meeting.
A Health-Care Dream Team on a Hunt for the Best Treatments
Six top medical organizations are joining forces to compile data and evidence on — and then encourage the rest of the system to adopt — the strategies that work best against a variety of common and costly medical conditions.
KLAS Report: Nine out of Ten Providers Report Interest in Implementing a Personal Health Record
Providers are considering a variety of PHRs, including solutions from their EMR/HIE vendors or no-cost, plug-and-play options.
Online Medical Record System Planned for N.Y.
A planned statewide network for EHRs, called Statewide Health Information Network for New York or SHIN-NY, is intended to serve more than 200 hospitals, thousands of medical practitioners and up to 20 million patients a year.
The Kidney Trade: Can Economists Make the System for Organ Transplants More Humane and Efficient?
The WHO describes the black market for organs as massive and estimates one in every five kidneys transplanted per year comes from it. U.S. economists have ideas about ways to change that.
Protein Offers New Clue to Cause and Treatment for Kidney Disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have pinpointed a protein that compromises the kidney’s filtering ability, causing nephrotic syndrome, and demonstrated that a naturally occurring precursor of an acid in the body offers potential for treating some forms of the condition.
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