Health and Community Services News and Articles

Truants Wear Ankle Bracelets, Smart Appliances: GT News Wrap

May 11, 2009 - Health cost comparisons, thermal imagers for airport, online tracking of public records requests.

New York City Health Department Helps Doctors Adopt Electronic Health Records: Jun 30, 2009 - New York City's Primary Care Information Project pays some costs of deploying EHR systems.
Economic Stimulus: Government CIOs Have a Role in Health IT Stimulus Spending (Opinion): Jun 29, 2009 - Electronic health records are vital to health care's future.
Web Site Helps Coordinate National United We Serve Initiative: Jun 22, 2009 - The United We Serve Web site will help volunteers find projects in their communities and exchange stories about projects that make a difference in their communities.
Prepare for Second Wave of H1N1 Virus, Says World Health Organization: Jun 11, 2009 - "The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic."
Preparation Only Adequate for Mild H1N1 Outbreak, Says Report: Jun 5, 2009 - "The nation's core public health capacity would be overwhelmed if an outbreak were more severe or widespread."
H1N1 Flu Forgotten, but Not Gone: Jun 2, 2009 - Seasonal flu results in about 36,000 deaths nationwide and approximately 1,000 die in Virginia from influenza and pneumonia.
In Case You Missed It: Iran Blocks Facebook, University Health Care Hacked and Other Security News: Jun 2, 2009 - More than 160,000 current and former Berkeley and Mills College student health records may have been compromised due to a data breach.
ID You Can Eat: May 27, 2009 - An alternative to RFID?
Galveston, Texas, Newspaper Kept Printing Despite Hurricane Ike's Wrath: May 22, 2009 - Galveston County Reports used Twitter and text messaging to obtain the news.
County Program Management Provides "Actionable Data": May 21, 2009 - "It's not just looking back and reporting, it's about looking forward and projecting, seeing how you are doing and making adjustments."
Walking the Emergency Preparedness Talk (Opinion): May 20, 2009 - Earthquake experience persuades others to action.
Government CIOs Diagnose Health Information Technology Options: May 19, 2009 - Economic stimulus funding for health IT means CIOs have a role in fixing the U.S. health-care system.
Budget Deficits Put Government's Sacred Programs Under Scrutiny: May 18, 2009 - Web 2.0 tool could be useful idea generators, says panel at Conference on California's Future.
Albert Hawkins to Retire From Texas Health and Human Services Agency: May 14, 2009 - Oversees the state's five health and human services agencies, which have combined budgets of $25 billion a year and more than 50,000 employees.
Telework Advocate: Swine Flu a Wake-Up Call for States and Locals: May 13, 2009 - Swine flu exposed strengths and weaknesses of governments' continuity of operations plans, according to the Telework Exchange.
Truants Wear Ankle Bracelets, Smart Appliances: GT News Wrap: May 11, 2009 - Health cost comparisons, thermal imagers for airport, online tracking of public records requests.
Cyber-Criminal Demands $10 Million Ransom After Breaching Virginia Medical Records: May 7, 2009 - The FBI is searching for a malicious hacker who infiltrated the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program and is threatening to sell medical information to the highest bidder.
Public-Sector Technology Officials Confused About Stimulus Funding, Survey Says: May 4, 2009 - Dell survey: Federal, state and local IT professionals need more clarity on the stimulus package, and existing stimulus information is too general or nonexistent.
911, Hybrid Police Cars, Health IT: GT's Weekly News Wrap: May 1, 2009 - A backhoe, stolen from a construction site, was tracked to the bow of a ship headed for South America.
Google Expands Flu Tracking to Mexico: May 1, 2009 - Overall flu incidence is lower than in many past years.