Public health care programs are using IT tools, from population registries to remote monitoring systems, to get to the high ground in the fight against diabetes. And a growing body of evidence suggests it's working.
One breakout IT application is the electronic registry, which collects and sorts clinical data for large numbers of diabetes sufferers.
The great public health mashup
Public health agencies are combining their geospatial information with third-party datasets to create new views into the health care landscape.
(Posted May 19, 2008)
IHS’ eye on community care
The Indian Health Service’s iCare is a simple but powerful tool for tracking chronic illnesses in individuals and communities.
(Posted April 25, 2008)
News, Analysis, & Opinion on Impact of Government on Health IT
The quest for value
As policy-makers struggle to measure the benefits of health IT, some experts suggest it’s time to move beyond the emphasis on saving money, reports senior editor Nancy Ferris.
From the battlefield to the home front: Managing medical data
Government Health IT presents Col. Claude Hines Jr., program manager for the Defense Health Information Management System, in this recent InSight eSeminar. Col. Hines discusses the health information technology and tactical challenges faced by the military medical community in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of conflict. In doing so, he describes the current information technology solutions for transferring clinical data between battlefield care givers to health care personnel at military treatment facilities worldwide.
