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  1. Military smart shirt, ‘wristwatch server’ would scan soldiers’ vital signs, assess injuries in real time. http://bit.ly/6J1yi2 #healthit
  2. HHS to build mega 'all claims, all payer' database to fortify comparative effectiveness research http://bit.ly/8RztG3 #healthit
  3. Wash Times: DOD report says coziness between Adara Networks & DOD staffer could delay lifetime EHR two years http://bit.ly/4AhqDB #healthit
  4. ONC wrestles with whether to allow variations in lab data standards to ease meaningful use http://bit.ly/75AODp #healthit
  5. Comparative effectiveness goes electronic. AHRQ grants support use of health IT in comparing treatments http://bit.ly/70WSAv #healthit
  6. CMS just announced health IT matching grant funds to Medicaid offices in Texas, Idaho, N.Y., Calif., Georgia., Vermont, and Montana.
  7. Military looking for six communities as test beds for virtual lifetime electronic health record projects http://bit.ly/7WBOBu
  8. ONC announced plans to release $235M for health IT in "beacon" communities where providers have track record in EHR adoption.
  9. Pennsylvania seeks HIE pact with Delaware to maximize health IT funding benefits. http://bit.ly/6Nk0xb
  10. Office of National Coordinator to add chief privacy officer as part of reorganization to better meet HITECH agenda http://bit.ly/79huvZ
  11. ICD-10 and X Dot Fans: Trenkle vows to meet oncoming deadlines for new diagnostic codes; X12 HIPAA transaction specs http://bit.ly/5ytJMs
  12. Military health leaders chewing over e-dental options http://bit.ly/8PsOAR
  13. Delaware funds "trickle down" e-Rx incentives for Medicaid providers. Result: 150 percent jump in eRX adoption http://bit.ly/7AoEqJ
  14. NIST working on tool that would let health orgs assess their own HIPAA security compliance. http://bit.ly/5axS0f
  15. SSA to begin e-health record swap with VA, DOD via NHIN protocols. Blumenthal presses for NHIN for small providers http://bit.ly/4CUELm
  16. Fed says Federal Info Security Management Act (FISMA) and Health Internet are on a crash course. Regs "not scalable." http://bit.ly/uXjmt
  17. Fed CTO Chopra announces HIT blog for public to share ideas and methods about standards adoption and HIE. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/yf2j8pu
  18. ONC HIT Policy Committee wrestles with meaningful use by specialists http://tinyurl.com/yf63hrv
  19. ONC Policy Meeting Today: Blumenthal: Initial (2011) meaningful use quality measures apply to primary care; Specialists follow in 2013, 2015
  20. ONC Policy Committee Meeting-in-Progress: Blumenthal wants sharper focus on Nat'l Health Info Net; calls for setting-up NHIN-HIE workgroup.