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Blue Button: Driving a Patient-Centered Revolution in Health Care

Stephen J. Downs | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Technology, Health Care, Health IT, Healthcare, Blue Button, Impact News

It's clear that we're in the middle of a health care quality revolution. But to improve outcomes on a broad scale, we need to empower individuals to become active participants in their care.

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Top Health Information Technology Firms Prefer 'Revolving Door' Lobbyists

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Health Care Reform, Politics News, Politics, Health Care, Health IT, Iwatch News, Politics News

Even by Washington standards, health information technology companies seem exceptional; 70% of registered lobbyists who worked for such firms in the past two quarters have passed through Washington's infamous "revolving door."

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Include Addiction and Mental Health Providers in Health IT

Chuck Ingoglia | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Addiction, Hitech Act, Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Mental Health, Medicaid, Medicare, Health IT, Politics News

The average age of death in the public mental health system for patients with serious mental illnesses is 52. Much of this tragically short lifespan is due to the inadequate management of co-occurring health conditions.

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Engaging Consumers in Health IT

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Technology, Health IT, Patient Engagement, Health, Microsoft, Mshug, Himss, Home News

Consumers need to be engaged from the ground up. While companies and institutions focus on improving health and wellness, they need to get close to the consumer, engage them.

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Medication Mix-ups? Missing Lab Results? Send Us Your Health IT Tips, Stories

Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Patient Safety, Health IT, Safety, Oversight, Regulation, Fda, Medication, Health Care, Electronic Medical Records, Foreign Policy, Technology News

Amid concerns about patient safety, a consensus is emerging: The government needs a way to monitor the safety of health information technology it is e...

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How The Internet Is Changing U.S. Health Care

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: On-Line Health, Medical Communication, Ovarian Cancer Information, Future of Medicine, Health Information, Internet, Health IT, Health, Women's Health, Informed Patient, Empowered-Patient, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Health Care, Medical-News, Healthy Living News

Increasing, "e-patients" are going online to augment medical information from their physicians and to look for a second opinion. There's no waiting, and it's free.

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Help Us Investigate Health Information Technology

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronic Health Records, Citizen Journalism, Health IT, Health Information Technology, Health Care, Eyes, Digital Health Records, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Home News

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund will be covering the progress of health information technology reform. Are you a patient who has begun tracking...

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Health Care Reform: What Works for Business Is to Keep Working

John J. Castellani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Roundtable, G-5, Health IT, American Workforce, Health Care Value Comparability Study, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Business News

This is not the time for policymakers and business leaders to disengage and take potshots -- be they from the right or the left. Now is the time for negotiation and compromise to secure reform.

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What Does Health Mean to You?

Sean Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aspen Institute, Innovation, Health Care, Health IT, Tom Daschle, Health Care Reform, Deepak Chopra, Politics News

This was the official question that nearly 200 of the world's foremost health-care experts, physicians and scholars attempted to answer at the 2009 Aspen Health Forum.

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Health Noir: $10 Million Ransom Demand for Data - and Stranger Crimes Are Coming

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: X Prize, Organized Crime and Health Care, Health IT, Organized Crime, Health Data Crimes, Virginia Data Theft, Hhs, Data Crime, Philip Marlowe, Health Data Breaches, Health Reform, Health Privacy, Politics News

Organized crime -- or even disorganized crime -- has no place in the world of healthcare.

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Zeke Emanuel, Obama's Health Care Alchemist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zeke Emanuel, Reform Emanuel, Health IT, Stuart Altman, Stimulus Health Care, Emanuel Brothers, Health Care Reform, Ezekiel Emanuel, Health Care Obama Reform, Zeke Emanuel Health Care Alchemist, Obama Health Care, Status Quo, Politics News

Ezekiel Emanuel has a fear of failure. Months into the administration, the prominent bioethicist and brother of chief of staff, Rahm, has emerged as a...

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Healthcare: Its Still the Economy Stupid!

Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economy and Healthcare, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Healthcare Summit, Nurses, Health IT, Economy, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Number of Uninsured, Health; Health Care; Health Insurance; Universal Healthcare; Barack Obama; John Mccain; British Healthcare; David Cameron; Hillary Clinton; Mandates; Premiums; Uninsured Millions; United Kingdom; London; British Conservatives; Liberals, Health Insurance, Obama Economy, Healthcare, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Healthcare Jobs, Doctors, Medical Costs, Auto Industry, Politics News

The economic and healthcare crises exist together and must be addressed as one.

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It's More Than an Electronic Health Record -- Call It a "Health Information Highway"

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronic Health Records, Kathleen Sebelius, Stimulus Plan, Health Reform, Barack Obama, Health IT, Nancy Ann DeParle, Politics News

With a new HHS Secretary and health czar, and a White House health care summit scheduled this week, this is the right time to create the "health highway."

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