Health IT
Health IT is the use of computer hardware, software or infrastructure to record, store, protect and retrieve clinical, administrative or financial information. Through evolving technology and new policies, health IT is changing the delivery of health care services.
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FDA Approves 45-Minute Point-of-Care COVID-19 Diagnostic Test
The solution automates and integrates sample prep, nucleic acid extraction and detection for fast results.
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COVID-19 Exposes Need for Health Care Interoperability
The pandemic sheds light on what health agencies have been developing to enable faster health-data exchanges for patients and providers.
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Health IT Essential to White House's COVID-19 National Emergency Response
Leveraging diagnostic testing technologies, telehealth and digital services are key to the administration's rapid response to the coronavirus.
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HHS Backs Development of Rapid COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing System
The agency backs a system that will provide test results within three hours, while seeking other solutions.
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HHS Releases Final Rules for EHR Interoperability, Information Blocking
The rules require patient health information sharing among providers for improved patient care.
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Defense Health Officials Tout Consolidation Successes in Budget Hearing
The officials report successful transition of MTFs to DHA and MHS GENESIS EHR deployments to House members.
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DIB's Recommendations for Digitization Can Help Tackle Diseases Like Coronavirus
The world's largest pathological tissue repository can provide researchers valuable data to combat infectious diseases.
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ONC Strategizes Health Data, IT Infrastructure Improvements for Research
The plan aims to leverage quality electronic health data and advance an IT architecture.
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Congressional Perspective: How AI Can Improve Health IT
There are both promises and challenges in applying breaking technology to federal health IT, noted Rep. Michael Burgess during the Digital Health CXO Tech Forum Tuesday.
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These Were the IT-Driven Improvements at HHS in 2019
The Department of Health and Human Services reported significant strides it made in digital services, data initiatives and IT modernization in health care in its 2019 annual report published last week.
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Data Management in Health Care Requires Integrity, Standardization, Access
Health care innovation in 2020 and beyond demonstrates the rapidly increasing value of data in developing better solutions and giving patients greater access to care and freedom in finding the care that fits them best.
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EHR Interoperability and Emerging Tech in Focus at HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services has been working to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens using advanced technology toward giving patients easy access to their electronic health records, Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan highlighted Tuesday.
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