Richard Pizzi of Healthcare IT News reports: Perlegen Sciences, Inc., a company exploring the clinical application of genetic research, plans to collaborate with an undisclosed electronic medical records vendor to identify and develop genetic markers that predict how patients are likely to respond to specific medical treatments. Under the terms of the agreement, Perlegen, based…
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Social media the answer to pushing PHRs, experts say
Diana Manos writes on Health IT News: If the federal government wants to get the word out on using personal health records, it should strongly consider social media. Promoting PHRs will take a whole host of online and other technological multimedia strategies, experts told the consumer empowerment workgroup of the American Health Information Community Tuesday….
States Hand Over the DNA of Newborns to DHS (OpEd)
Marti Oakley writes: Unknown to most new parents, or those who became parents in the last ten or so years, DNA of newborns has been harvested, tested, stored and experimented with by all 50 states. And all 50 states are now routinely providing these results to the Homeland Security Department. No doubt we can all…
Miscellaneous items
1. Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to sponsor a study to determine the value of personal health records, conducted by the Center for Information Technology Leadership, the research center announced. Source: Modern Healthcare Online (registration required) 2. Seen on iHealthBeat, the results of a survey asking, “Do You Believe Your Health Plan Fully…
Request for Letters of Intent: California Networks for Electronic Health Record Adoption
Seen at California HealthCare Foundation: The California Networks for Electronic Health Record Adoption (CNEA) program was initiated in 2006 to speed adoption and lower the overall cost of electronic health records (EHR) in California community clinics and health centers. The Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF), the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), and the Community Clinics…
Eric Schmidt's Keynote at HIMSS08
Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Keynote at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference on February 28, 2008: There’s a demonstration of how the system works that starts about 25 minutes into the video.