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Low-income families will receive free dental care, thanks to the Virtual Dental Home, a telehealth project supported by CHCF and other funders. The four-year pilot project will eventually operate in nine California communities.

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Special Reports

03/10/2010

Small, Mid-Size Physician Practices Could Face Barriers in Meeting 'Meaningful Use' Criteria

AudioJason Mitchell of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Scott Macleod, a solo family physician in Virginia and David Johnson, a family physician in South Dakota, spoke with iHealthBeat about the challenges for physicians.

02/26/2010

'Meaningful Use,' Federal Health IT Rules Will Be Hot Topics at Annual HIMSS Conference

AudioCarla Smith, HIMSS executive vice president, David Kibbe, a senior adviser to the American Academy of Family Physicians, and Patricia Brennan of the University of Wisconsin-Madison discussed this year's conference.

01/26/2010

Open-Source Health IT Proponents Weigh In on Proposed 'Meaningful Use' Requirements

AudioNancy Anthracite of WorldVistA, Edmund Billings of Medsphere Systems and Kevin Toppenberg, a physician and proponent of open-source health IT spoke with iHealthBeat  about the recently released "meaningful use" rules.

01/15/2010

Experts Question Whether Hospitals Are Ready To Meet New 'Meaningful Use' Requirements

AudioMichael Davis of HIMSS Analytics, Erica Drazen of Computer Sciences Corp. and Paul Tang of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation spoke with iHealthBeat about hospital preparedness for the new "meaningful use" rules.

01/05/2010

Health Care Organizations Weigh In on Newly Proposed Rules for 'Meaningful Use' of EHRs

AudioTom Leary of HIMSS, Cindy Mann of CMS, Don May of the American Hospital Association and Steve Waldren of AAFP's Center for Health IT spoke with iHealthBeat about the proposed regulations for "meaningful use" of health IT.

12/23/2009

Social Media Applications Offer New Strategies for Educating Young People About H1N1 Flu

AudioAnita Barry, Margaux Joffe and Ann Scales of the Boston Public Health Commission spoke with iHealthBeat about using social media to disseminate health care information.

12/11/2009

Joint Kaiser, VA Health Data Exchange Could Open Doors to Innovation in EHR Networks

AudioJohn Mattison of Kaiser Permanente, Arnold Milstein of Mercer Health and Benefits, and Robert Smith of the VA San Diego Healthcare System spoke with iHealthBeat about their objectives for the health data sharing project.

12/04/2009

Recent Study Leads Experts To Reconsider Cost Savings of Implementing Hospital EHR Systems

AudioDavid Himmelstein of Harvard Medical School, Rod Piechowski of AHA, Marc Probst of Intermountain Healthcare and Derek Kelly of Swedish Covenant Hospital spoke with iHealthBeat about the implications of the new study.

11/24/2009

High-Tech, Patient-Centered Medical Homes Eyed as Way To Curb Costs, Boost Care Quality

AudioAdam Bosworth, CEO of Keas, Wayne Gattinella, CEO of WebMD, and Diane Rittenhouse of the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center spoke with iHealthBeat about high-tech, patient-centered medical homes.

11/16/2009

Recent Survey Highlights Need for Health Care Organizations To Strengthen Data Protection

AudioDavid Finn of Symantec, Lisa Gallagher of HIMSS, Susan McAndrew of HHS and Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights spoke with iHealthBeat about a recent HIMSS survey on data security among health care organizations.

11/06/2009

Safety-Net Health Care Facilities Cite Lack of Capital as Barrier to EHR Implementation

AudioAnthony Puorro and Melanie Thomas of Chicago's Roseland Hospital, Ashish Jha of the Harvard School of Public Health and John Lumpkin of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discussed digital disparities with iHealthBeat.

10/27/2009

Advocates Raise Concerns About Security of Supposedly De-Identified Patient Health Data

AudioRyan Howard of Practice Fusion, Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights, Dan Rode of AHIMA and Vitaly Shmatikov of the University of Texas-Austin spoke with iHealthBeat about data mining and patient privacy concerns.

10/19/2009

Experts Foresee Continued Growth in Demand for Health IT Professionals, Training Programs

AudioHarris Miller of the Career College Association, Carla Smith of HIMSS and Peter Yellowlees of the University of California-Davis spoke with iHealthBeat about the growing demand for health IT professionals.

10/13/2009

Health 2.0 Conference Brings Industry Leaders Together To Promote Patient-Driven Health IT

AudioU.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra, Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, WebMD's Wayne Gattinella, AAFP's David Kibbe and conference co-founder Indu Subaiya discussed the future of health 2.0 with iHealthBeat.

10/09/2009

Stakeholders Discuss Emerging Field of Health 2.0, Make Predictions About Industry's Future

VideoU.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, Colin Evans of Dossia, Indu Subaiya, co-founder of Health 2.0, and other health 2.0 stakeholders spoke with iHealthBeat at the Health 2.0 Conference.

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