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	<title>HealthTechnica &#187; reform</title>
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		<title>The Role of the Direct Project in Fast-Tracking Health IT Interoperability</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rich Elmore and Arien Malec A patient’s health records are no longer confined to a doctor’s office, shelved inside a dusty file cabinet. With the advent of the Nationwide Health Information Network, a framework of standards, services and policies that allow health practitioners to securely exchange health data, medical records digitized to be easily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lab Results via Vermont Health Information Exchange</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Information Exchange is one of the hot buttons for the health reform act.  Several states are just trying out new systems this year.  We will have to wait and see how these desperate systems coalesce over the next few years. A lab director and a Vermont physician discuss how their organizations have benefited from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You SHALL NOT HAZZZZ Healthcare reform!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Judge Roger Vinson declared that the entire health care bill was unconstitutional due to the way the individual mandate was woven into the legislation, I couldn&#8217;t help but think of this pic: Judge Vinson stated the entire law was invalid, which took the ruling even further than the last judge to say the law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Blumenthal Discusses Registration for EHR Incentive Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2011/01/14/dr-blumenthal-discusses-registration-for-ehr-incentive-programs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dr-blumenthal-discusses-registration-for-ehr-incentive-programs</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meaningful Use]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, discusses the importance of registering for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs, administered by the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Blumenthal talks about how the incentive programs are aimed at accelerating the nation&#8217;s adoption of health information technology. He outlines how health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research and Development needed to meet future health challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economic and financial crunch has led to the upheaval of many industries. Medical research has also been affected due to funding pressure increasing more than ever. However, future health challenges can only be met by consistently undertaking research and development in the medical realm, both technical and administrative. The R&#38;D done by various industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Values, And Pitfalls, of Health Information Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/11/16/the-values-and-pitfalls-of-health-information-exchanges/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-values-and-pitfalls-of-health-information-exchanges</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Health information exchange (HIE) is defined as the transmission of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a community. HIE is an integral part of the health information technology (HIT) and enables reliable and secure transfer of healthcare-related data among disparate healthcare information systems. It also facilitates easy access and retrieval of data. The goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Meaningful Use with Dr. Blumenthal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, national coordinator for health information technology, discusses the meaningful use criteria for EHRs and the resources available to help practices implement the technology.]]></description>
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		<title>101 Tips to make your EMR / EHR more useful</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/10/04/101-tips-to-make-your-emr-ehr-more-useful/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=101-tips-to-make-your-emr-ehr-more-useful</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electronic Medical Records and Electronic Health Records (EMR / EHR) are complex beasts of software that can completely redefine the way physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians / providers practice medicine. This list of tips come in at many different points within your EMR / EHR adoption.  Some tips are best used when you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Connections #KSMQ AARP and Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/09/20/health-connections-ksmq-aarp-and-health-care-reform/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=health-connections-ksmq-aarp-and-health-care-reform</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AARP is one of the nation&#8217;s largest health care advocacy groups.  AARP represented millions of baby boomers in the latest round of health care reform.  In this episode of Health Connections, AARP chief health care reform experts discuss changes we expect to see in 2014 and beyond.]]></description>
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		<title>A Functional Demo of HIE for Physicians &amp; Communities in Colorado</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/09/16/a-functional-demo-of-hie-for-physicians-communities-in-colorado/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-functional-demo-of-hie-for-physicians-communities-in-colorado</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is a short introduction to Health Information Exchange (HIE) and demonstration of the community health record. The demo features a fictitious scenario involving a 77 year-old female patient who is switching primary care providers. Her new physician uses the community health record portal to access her medical history including recent tests, medications and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance Of Reporting In Your EMR</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/09/09/the-importance-of-reporting-in-your-emr-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-importance-of-reporting-in-your-emr-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An EMR or electronic medical record is a computerized record created in hospitals and other medical institutions. This system allows storage of data in a format that can be easily retrieved and manipulated when required. Implementation of this system will increase the quality and cost of medical care by decreasing the errors and by reducing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Healthcare Reform Performance Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small band of healthcare leaders will show you a typical Patient Experience how it should be &#8212; online and off &#8212; and what is possible Not tomorrow Not someday&#8230; Now! Support this panel proposal here]]></description>
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		<title>If you care about health care, you care about September 23rd</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/08/22/if-you-care-about-health-care-you-care-about-september-23rd/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=if-you-care-about-health-care-you-care-about-september-23rd</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/08/22/if-you-care-about-health-care-you-care-about-september-23rd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 23rd is a critical day for health care reform. This short video from Mary Pat Whaley gives you a 60 second run down off why you should care.]]></description>
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		<title>AmericanEHR Partners’ Meaningful Use Webinar with Dr. Blumenthal is Now Available for Viewing</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/08/12/americanehr-partners%e2%80%99-meaningful-use-webinar-with-dr-blumenthal-is-now-available-for-viewing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=americanehr-partners%25e2%2580%2599-meaningful-use-webinar-with-dr-blumenthal-is-now-available-for-viewing</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Webinar, “Meaningful Use and Its Implications For Your Practice,” is now available for free viewing at AmericanEHR Partners. This event was originally presented by ACP and AmericanEHR Partners on August 4, 2010, and featured Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Dr. Michael Zaroukian, FACP, Chief Medical Information Officer for Michigan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is a Management Issue SILLY! Blocking social media is pointless.</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/08/11/it-is-a-management-issue-silly-blocking-social-media-is-pointless/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=it-is-a-management-issue-silly-blocking-social-media-is-pointless</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just saw an article on the Running A Hospital blog that reminds me of a constant battle I keep fighting. I have talked with numerous health care CIO and CMIO types across the planet (mostly via social media) about their organizations constant wish to block the horribly evil Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, etc.   They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Connections: Statewide Health Improvement Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/08/03/health-connections-statewide-health-improvement-plan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=health-connections-statewide-health-improvement-plan</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Statewide Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) is a unique project currently running in the state of Minnesota.  Minnesota has engaged dollars and resources to create a culture of wellness.  This two part series walks through the project, its purpose, and the long term perceived benefits of SHIP. Part 1 Part 2]]></description>
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		<title>National Webinar: Meaningful Use and its implications for your practice featuring Dr. David Blumenthal</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/08/02/national-webinar-meaningful-use-and-its-implications-for-your-practice-featuring-dr-david-blumenthal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=national-webinar-meaningful-use-and-its-implications-for-your-practice-featuring-dr-david-blumenthal</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, ACP, in partnership with Cientis Technologies, launched AmericanEHR Partners (www.AmericanEHR.com) &#8211; a new online community dedicated to helping health professionals adopt health information technology.  The interest has been great with visits to the site continuing to grow extremely well. Next week we have our first national webinar:  &#8221;Meaningful Use and Its Implications For Your Practice,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meaningful Use of Health IT: David Blumenthal Opening Statement</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/07/23/meaningful-use-of-health-it-david-blumenthal-opening-statement/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=meaningful-use-of-health-it-david-blumenthal-opening-statement</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Blumenthal M.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, delivers his opening statement at a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on Efforts to Promote the Adoption &#038; Meaningful Use of Health IT. July 20, 2010]]></description>
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		<title>How will cloud computing help the expansion of health information technology under the HITECH Act?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massoud Alibakhsh, CEO of Nuesoft Technologies, explains how the HITECH Act of 2009 is expanding cloud computing through EHR adoption and other means.]]></description>
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		<title>What Happens After Meaningful Use?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meaningful use definition specifies three types of requirements - use of EHR (Electronic health record) technology (such as electronic prescribing), electronic exchange of information and health information to improve quality care, and adequate measures and analyses to prove that quality care is being provided for patients. The meaningful use visions and goals include that, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HI State Rep. Marumoto discusses Health Information Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/06/03/hi-state-rep-marumoto-discusses-health-information-technology/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hi-state-rep-marumoto-discusses-health-information-technology</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Represenative Barbara Marumoto learns the basics of  Health Information Technology with Julia Croly, Health consultant at Kapiolani Community College and with Dean Carol Hoshiko.  I do hope that Ms. Marumoto learns more about the fields and needs before Hawaii votes on any health reform packages. &#60;object width=&#8221;480&#8243; height=&#8221;385&#8243;&#62;&#60;param name=&#8221;movie&#8221; value=&#8221;http://www.youtube.com/v/LVPyMoxD2ns&#38;hl=en_US&#38;fs=1&#38;&#8221;&#62;&#60;/param&#62;&#60;param name=&#8221;allowFullScreen&#8221; value=&#8221;true&#8221;&#62;&#60;/param&#62;&#60;param name=&#8221;allowscriptaccess&#8221; value=&#8221;always&#8221;&#62;&#60;/param&#62;&#60;embed src=&#8221;http://www.youtube.com/v/LVPyMoxD2ns&#38;hl=en_US&#38;fs=1&#38;&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health versus Healthy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MMR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Two primary schools of healthcare arose from within the Ancient Greek culture: Aesculapius, associated with the healing of illness, and Hygeia, associated with disease prevention through lifestyle (Rodriguez, 2009; Atsma, 2008). Aesculpapian models serve to treat patients when they become ill, whereas Hygeian models focus on the creation of health and healthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timetables Of Meaningful Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) enacted in February 2009 authorized the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid to pay physicians, who demonstrate the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR), an incentive of up to $44,000, from 2011. The physicians unable to conform to these date lines are expected to face reductions in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Innovation and Technology Impact Health Care Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Thomas Beeman, President and CEO of Lancaster General Health(LGH), on what it will take to re-invent the way health care is delivered, as well as initiatives underway at LGH. &#8220;Plug Into the Life Sciences Sector,&#8221; hosted by the Innovation Transfer Network.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Fun: AthenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush says NO to EMRs</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/05/14/friday-fun-athenahealth-ceo-jonathan-bush-says-no-to-emrs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=friday-fun-athenahealth-ceo-jonathan-bush-says-no-to-emrs</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It isn&#8217;t often that I link up a Fox News vid, but in this case, this is worth a good laugh.  AthenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush goes on a rant about EMRs and why he believes the governments electronic medical-records technology is a waste of taxpayer money. I do agree with the thought of &#8220;EMRs are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Recovery Act Investments in Health IT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 18:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius announce the selection of 15 communities to serve as pilot communities for eventual wide-scale use of new health information technology.]]></description>
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		<title>PODCAST:  Edelman Health Engagement Barometer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edelman has released their &#8220;Health Engagement Barometer&#8221; study this week. Their 15,000+ person study spanned 11 countries and engaged multiple industries to determine trust and opinions about health and the importance of health in the workplace.  Their data is very interesting and points out that the national debate on health care really should not be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 easy things you should look for when picking an EMR</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/04/09/5-easy-things-you-should-look-for-when-picking-an-emr/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=5-easy-things-you-should-look-for-when-picking-an-emr</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electronic Medical Records (EMR) documents patient’s medical history such as test results, medication and general clinical data in an electronic format and allows easy and rapid access to such information to authorized personnel providing patient care. EMR has brought many benefits to physician’s practice that includes better administrative reforms, reduction in costs and better profits, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayo Clinic&#8217;s thoughts on the health reform bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is publicly available from http://letstalk.mayo.edu. Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 21, we have received numerous questions about the law’s impact on Mayo Clinic. Details remain unclear, especially because Senate debate continues on a piece of legislation — the Reconciliation Bill – that amends a portion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Health Connections&#8221; &#8211; Rural Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s episode discusses the unique challenges that exist in rural health care facilities and how administrators are forced to deal with them. Adam Rees, CAO (Chief Administrative Officer) of the Austin Medical Center &#8211; Mayo Health System discusses with host Shawn Riley the nature of rural health care. NOTE: **Ironically, Dr. David Agerter was unable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman on Obamacare</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman speaks on Fox Business regarding healthcare information technology and healthcare reform.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota getting $47 million targeted for health care IT efforts, job training</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by reader James Administration officials today announced that Minnesota will get at least $47 million of the nearly $1 billion in stimulus funding meant to boost the use of health information technology and train workers for jobs in health care, information technology, and other high-growth sectors. &#8220;Health information technology can make our health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Health into the 21st Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This talk will discuss some of the severe challenges that have hurt our ability to have a healthy people at a sane cost and how, with the intelligent help of the audience, we can turn this around. It will first, quickly, detail how broken the current system is and then, discuss and demo an on-demand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Search for Global Health in the 21st Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An engaging and in depth conversation about Health Care. This conversation was hosted by the Aspen Institute.]]></description>
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		<title>POLL: Now that the Republicans have 41 votes in the Senate, what happens to Health Care?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts may have just become the most important Senate member in a very long time. Scott Brown ran on a platform dedicated to killing the current Health Care Reform Legislation that has already passed the US House and US Senate, but has NOT been combined in conference committee. What do you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First thing I hear at Xmas was &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I am sitting at Xmas with all the relatives. The first thing that came up was health care reform. Massive disagreement and disinformation permeate both Republican and Democrat view points. Are you seeing this same thing in your family get togethers?]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting confidentiality with technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MMR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Health information may be compromised in multiple ways, including from internal and external sources. There may be accidental disclosures when protected information is overheard by another party; there may be internal disclosures through curiosity-seekers or those seeking to make a profit or cause harm; externally, data-miners and hackers may compromise confidential health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Funding for Community Health Technology and Patient Centered Medical Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama announces that the Recovery Act will provide new funding for Community Health Centers to finance new construction, modernize information technology, and build a medical home model.]]></description>
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		<title>Accessing medical technology while controlling healthcare costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MMR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Introduction &#38; Background One of the chief concerns in the debate over healthcare reform is the universal need to contain healthcare costs while still providing reasonable healthcare services to the millions of uninsured. As technology advances, tests and treatments are newly available; however, there are only minimal cost controls in place for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POLL:  What is your medical center&#8217;s largest obstacle to EHR adoption?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<title>Vice President Biden and U. S. Health Secretary visit Mt. Sinai</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joseph Biden hosted a roundtable discussion at Mt. Sinai Hospital, to talk about our nations health care system and the importance of health insurance reform, including health information technology infrastructure and preventative care, with U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A rural medical center speaks out on House Bill 3962</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Austin Medical Center (AMC) is a 99 bed licensed hospital with a multiple specialty associated clinic.  AMC is a rural facility located in a service area of ~45,000 people in southern Minnesota.  Their leadership is keenly aware of House Bill 3962 and has allowed HealthTechnica to publish their thoughts. The following are the thoughts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Government: Healthcare Cost Containment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MMR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk One of the most important social and political topics of the current environment is healthcare. Skyrocketing costs as well as an aging baby boomer population have driven concerns, especially within the socioeconomic recession. In order to control costs, the federal and state governments have passed legislation, rules and regulations to aid in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Challenges due to Financial Mechanism Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MMR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Author: Riley, Michelle http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Due to significant changes in the mechanisms of financing, the entire healthcare system now faces significant challenges. The three most significant challenges are: the ability to service and fund public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, controlling costs through managed care programs, and addressing the significant amount of under- or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MN Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses her opinions on Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for contacting me about health care. Knowing your views is important to me as I work to ensure that Americans have affordable, high quality health care choices. I am committed to protecting what works and fixing what’s broken in our health care system. It is getting harder and harder for Americans to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Senator, Have you actually READ the health care bill?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that one of my physician readers is a very fast reader!  He is run through one of the House bills regarding health care reform.  He sent all of these items to the appropriate senator wanting some answers: *** Senator , As a concerned American , I have major concerns with the healthcare bill before Congress. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A couple of months old, but I bet you haven&#8217;t seen the Oregon Health IT Round Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oregon Health Reform Collaborative organized this panel discussion about health care information technology, mostly focusing on medical records. Oregon Health IT Round Table from Archimedes Movement on Vimeo.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care debate gets screams and yells</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate about health care in America is getting louder and more excited lately. The passion about this issue is inspiring and sometimes surprising as people across America are getting more and more vehement about their opinions of President Obama&#8217;s health plans.]]></description>
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		<title>Government writing checks for Health IT is not the solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin proposes a business model using information technology to the reform the current US health care system. He argues that Medicare&#8217;s payment program creates a &#8220;schizophrenic system that delivers uncoordinated care with terrible payment incentives.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Draft Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified in the second day of a series of hearings held on a draft proposal for health care reform. She focused on the rising costs of health care for consumers and the cost to the federal government of enacting reforms. She noted that in the absence of reform [...]]]></description>
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