Government & Policy
PDA-like Health Buddy will monitor patients with chronic illnesses, potentially cutting health care costs by five percent.
A minority of Medicare patients in 2001 visited doctors who used clinical IT tools.
Participation by the state's Medicaid program paves way to provide 4 million Tennessee residents with electronic medical records.
One prototype of health data exchange will be based on open-source software.
First application will enable physicians to check on a patient's eligibility for benefits.
Like other recent legislation, the latest efforts to promote use of technology comes with bipartisan backing.
Senator criticizes failure to commit more fiscal 2006 funds to support e-health initiatives.
Agency will expand involvement in the electronic health records initiative as a partner of the Department of Health and Human Services.
More than 20 data exchanges are up and running, with many others taking shape.
Communities lack solid data to make business case for regional information networks.
