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Health Information Exchange Taking Root in Northern California
Northern California health information organizations — both established and nascent — are participating in statewide pilot programs and initiatives promoting health data exchange.
As Stimulus Money Ends, Summit Looks at Future of Health Information Effort
Industry leaders and stakeholders gathered this week for an annual summit in Sacramento to chart a course for health information technology in California that won’t include federal stimulus funding, which ends in three months.
3 Projects Push Personal Health Records
Three pilot projects from the state’s Office of Health Information Integrity are aimed at giving Californians access to their personal health information.
New Map Shows Health Technology Reach
Use of health information technology is expanding rapidly in California, according to a new map released yesterday showing the status of health information exchange in each of the state’s 58 counties.
Statewide Health Data Gateway Opens
Politicians posturing over the federal budget and Californians looking for health insurance through the new exchange have generated much attention this month, but another milestone — the opening of a statewide electronic health information gateway — could have a bigger impact in the long run.
Tech Leaders Target the Underserved
At the annual Health 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara yesterday, experts outlined how technology might be used to improve access to health care for minorities and underserved populations in California.
Effort To Move Patient Data Online May Spur a More Efficient, Affordable Network
Health information experts gathered in Santa Rosa last week to work on an IT network to help physicians coordinate care, drive down costs and reduce unnecessary procedures.
Grants Set for Rural Information Exchange
Federal, state and University of California officials have teamed up to promote health information exchange among rural providers, aiming for smoother and more effective use of electronic health records in California.
‘Free Data’ Movement Gets Boost From Big Conference
The future is bright for real-life, real-time projects based on open-source health data, according to experts who gathered in San Francisco last week for the Healthy Communities Data Summit.
San Francisco Leading the Way in Health Data Applications
The city of San Francisco is leading the way in using health data in innovative ways and it’s paying off in a big way, according to several city officials who spoke yesterday at the Healthy Communities Data Summit.
The summit was held in San Francisco and that meant a number of success stories were local, but the conference cast a wide net in its approach to innovation prompted by public release of health data.
“We have so many compelling examples of how free data can help health practices,” said summit panelist Cheryl Wold, owner of Wold and Associates, a community health consulting firm based in Pasadena. “More and more people are using that data to create health solutions.”