E-medical records: What seems to be the problem?

Computerworld This Week
July 14, 2008
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In this issue:

* E-medical records: What seems to be the problem?
* Personal E-health Records May Give Automation a Push
* Health Information Exchanges
* Doctors push back on e-health records systems
* Drug firm's R&D unit revamps application support
* Should we tell the boss?
* Security Manager's Journal: Frustrations mount from lack of resources
* The secret to getting value from outsiders
* Editorial: Denial of IT projects' problems just delays the inevitable
* Fix your flawed DNS ... NOW!
* IT group claims former official used pseudonym to discredit it in blogs
* VMware replaces CEO Greene
* Outsourcing deal, layoffs lead to end of tax breaks
* Seven years and counting: National disease-tracking system still unfinished
* Take control of your online image
* EPA to Start Small on Energy Star for Servers
* Backers Stage Protest on Obama's Social Network
* Opinion: How agile analysts get things done
* On the Mark: Put an end to IT's data deficit
* Career Watch: Certification skills pay continues its slide
* The Grill: No lying down on the job for Simmons Bedding CIO W. Wade Vann
* DNS Hole Doesn't Go Unnoticed
* Letter: Insights transcended the gender issues
* Letter: Columnists and interview subject demonstrate true diversity


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E-medical records: What seems to be the problem?

Progress on electronic medical records has been held back by loose and overlapping technical standards and poor interoperability among different types of health care information systems sold by hundreds of different vendors. But the biggest obstacle may be a payment system that offers little financial incentive for most health care providers to invest in using e-medical record internally, let alone sharing them with other providers.
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Personal E-health Records May Give Automation a Push

The advent of the personal electronic health record might just give the health care industry the push it needs to get records online.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125671/2/


Health Information Exchanges

A national electronic health record exchange is far from a reality, but a few local health care exchanges have emerged in the U.S. These allow member provider organizations to share electronic health record data, giving physicians a unified view of a patient's medical history.
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Doctors push back on e-health records systems

Cost isn't the only reason why doctors object to using electronic medical records. Physicians say many systems fail to present information in the ways they need to see it.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125673/2/


Drug firm's R&D unit revamps application support

This drug firm's approach to application support uses more service-level metrics and fewer vendors.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125674/2/


Should we tell the boss?

We asked CIOs to talk about the kinds of messages they need to hear loud and clear from their staffers -- and the things they never, ever want to hear. Here's what they said.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125675/2/


Security Manager's Journal: Frustrations mount from lack of resources

The frustrations of slashed budgets and inadequate manpower come to a head. Is it time for a change?
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The secret to getting value from outsiders

Paul Glen has discovered the secret to getting value from outside service providers. It's all about what you call them.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125677/2/


Editorial: Denial of IT projects' problems just delays the inevitable

As insightful as IT pros tend to be, too many in the profession too easily find occasion to slip into denial, writes Don Tennant.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125678/2/


Fix your flawed DNS ... NOW!

Frankly Speaking: A major flaw in the Internet's infrastructure has been found, and a fix is ready. Make that fix now. Don't wait one second, warns Frank Hayes.
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IT group claims former official used pseudonym to discredit it in blogs

In another twist to a bizarre series of events, the ITSMF USA has sued its former executive director, claiming that he defamed the service management group in blog comments posted under a fictitious female name.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125680/2/


VMware replaces CEO Greene

Facing increased competition from Microsoft, VMware abruptly ousted Diane Greene -- its only CEO until now -- and replaced her with one-time Microsoft executive Paul Maritz.
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Outsourcing deal, layoffs lead to end of tax breaks

The Nielsen Co. has given up tens of thousands of dollars in property tax breaks this year after signing an IT offshoring deal that led to layoffs at its global technology center in Oldsmar, Fla.
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Seven years and counting: National disease-tracking system still unfinished

For the past seven years, the federal government has been pushing the adoption of a Web-based system that public health agencies nationwide could use to report and track infectious disease outbreaks. But even now, only 38 of the 50 states are fully compliant with the system's technical requirements.
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Take control of your online image

Columnist Katherine Spencer Lee suggests that you research your reputation on the Web — before prospective employers do.
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EPA to Start Small on Energy Star for Servers

The EPA expects to introduce an initial Energy Star rating for servers by year's end. But it will take longer to develop a rating system that can measure the energy consumed by actual workloads.
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Backers Stage Protest on Obama's Social Network

Showing how users can take Web 2.0 sites in unexpected directions, supporters of Barack Obama used his campaign's official social networking site to protest his stance in favor of a bill extending the controversial FISA surveillance program.
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Opinion: How agile analysts get things done

Michael H. Hugos shows you how agile analysts hit the ground running.
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On the Mark: Put an end to IT's data deficit

Mark Hall hears about a data deficit where you'd least expect it: in the CIO's office.
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Career Watch: Certification skills pay continues its slide

Pay for IT certifications continues to fall; the economic slowdown hits the tech sector.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125690/2/


The Grill: No lying down on the job for Simmons Bedding CIO W. Wade Vann

Simmons Bedding CIO W. Wade Vann talks about 'plain vanilla' systems, standardization and just-in-time IT.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125691/2/


DNS Hole Doesn't Go Unnoticed

A security flaw in the DNS protocol didn't get Microsoft's top severity rating when the company and other vendors issued patches for it. But that belies the amount of attention being paid to the cache-poisoning vulnerability.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3353747/132809448/125692/2/


Letter: Insights transcended the gender issues

Insights in Don Tennant's column didn't necessarily have anything to do with gender.
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Letter: Columnists and interview subject demonstrate true diversity

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