Archive for June 4th, 2009

Electronically prescribing medications has been heavily pushed and marketed to both physician offices and pharmacies.
But in some cases, it’s not working out as planned. The Angry Pharmacist unloads on the initiative, noting that it costs pharmacies 30 cents to receive each electronic prescription. Multiply that by the thousands of requests they process, and [...]

In a post today, Sean Nolan, Chief Architect of Microsoft Health Solutions and blogger at Family Health Guy explains Microsoft’s position regarding whether Microsoft HealthVault is required to comply with the privacy standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
The blog post, “You put your right HIPAA in . . [...]

Despiteeconomic hard times, Massachusettsstill showsgains in insurance coverage and access to care as a result ofits2006 state health reform. However, some of the early gains in reducing barriers to health care and improving affordability had eroded by the fall of 2008, according to Urban Institute researchers in a new study published last week on the [...]

The Microsoft Connected Health Conference is ready to roll.  The event gets underway next week, June 10-12, at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington.  More than 700 people have registered.


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