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15
Public, Private Efforts To Boost Health IT Connectivity
15-07-2010
Tagged Under : Health, Health Connectivity
First, Computerworld reports, “Verizon announced on Wednesday a new cloud-based service offering for healthcare providers that will handle the sharing of patient information electronically between disparate platforms. The new service, called the Verizon Health Information Exchange, consolidates clinical patient data from various providers and translates it into a standardized format that can then be accessed via a secure Web portal” (Mearian, 7/14).
Second, The Washington Post reports, “The Federal Communications Commission will announce at its open meeting Thursday a plan to create a $400 million program that would bring broadband connections to rural healthcare providers.