Medical Informatics News
HIT Policy Committee “Tiger Team” makes recommendations on privacy and security
On August 19, 2010, a Privacy and Security “Tiger Team” under the Health IT Policy Committee...
US CMS provides guidance on (state-based) Medicaid HIT activities
On August 17, 2010, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a letter outlining...
UK National Health Service to trial “intelligent medicines”
The UK National Health Service is recruiting patients to participate in a clinical trial that uses...
Health information technology news from the US Veteran’s Affairs
VA announces adoption of standard patient identifier for all veterans
On August 11, 2010, Roger...
IBM and Aetna unveil Collaborative Care cloud computing clinical decision support
In August 2010, IBM and Aetna, and its subsidiary, ActiveHealth Management, announced “a new cloud...