Things change quickly in our industry. The following third party links provide additional resources to help
you stay abreast of nationwide trends and happenings:

Warnings Over Privacy of U.S. Health Network
New York Times - 2-17-07
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/washington/18health.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Patient Safety Through Technology
New York Times - 2-17-07
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/17/business/17interview.html?ref=health

Make IT work for health
care Houston Chronicle - 2-17-07
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/4561107.html

Electronic records player
Portland Business Journal - 2-16-07
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/02/19/smallb1.html?b=1171861200%5E1419425

URAC calls for comments on changes to standards for clinical and health information technology accreditation programs
URAC Press Release - 2-16-07
http://www.urac.org/press/cmsDocument.aspx?id=500

Kaiser has aches, pains going digital
Los Angeles Times - 2-15-07
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-kaiser15feb15,1,3475656.story?coll=la-headlines-business

Hospital EHR certification criteria open for public comment
Healthcare IT News - 2-15-07
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=6424

Brailer says IT could cut healthcare costs in
half Healthcare IT News - 2-15-07
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=6418

State Department may switch to Pentagon's health IT system
GovExec.com - 2-14-07
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=36131&dcn=todaysnews

Yasnoff: Wisconsin should invest in health record bank
Wisconsin Technology Network - 2-14-07
http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=3702

Implementing Electronic Health Records: What Physician Practices Should Know Before Making the Investment
PR Web - 2-14-07
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb504133.htm

Physicians find cost a barrier to digitizing records
North Jersey.com - 2-14-07
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyOSZmZ2JlbDdmN
3ZxZWVFRXl5NzA3MjkxNCZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTI=

Continuity of Care Document is approved by HL7, endorsed by HITSP
Healthcare IT News - 2-14-07
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=6408

Senators question HHS chief about health IT issues
GovExec.com - 2-13-07
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0207/021307tdpm1.htm

A State Policy Approach: Promoting Health Information Technology in California
Legislative Analyst's Office - February, 2007
http://www.lao.ca.gov/2007/health_info_tech/health_info_tech_021307.aspx

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