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Management
Fla., DOD collaborate on data exchange
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration is aiming to establish a statewide health information network.
Infrastructure
Hospital first to send e-reports in Mass.
A Boston-area hospital system announced it is the first in Massachusetts to implement electronic reporting of communicable diseases to the state health department.
Digital Government
17 more companies seek certification for EHR products
Results of second round of applications for "ambulatory" software certification are to be announced in late October.
Digital Government
St. Louis gets emergency patient-tracking system
The wireless system will collect information at the scene and alert hospitals and emergency managers of the nature and scope of incidents.
Digital Government
More EHR products get seal of approval
Certification commission begins second round of product reviews and looks forward to 2007
Digital Government
Guidelines target health records exchanges
A nonprofit organization on Thursday released guidelines for establishing health information exchanges. The guidelines are the most detailed cookbook developed so far.
Digital Government
Systems on front line against SARS
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened an emergency operations center in Atlanta in March, few in America had heard of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
Digital Government
IRS says e-filing is up 12.4 percent
Although the total number of federal income tax returns is lagging this year, electronically filed returns are up 12.4 percent, the IRS reported last month.
Management
Michigan orders some taxes e-filed
Michigan is joining two nearby states in requiring corporations and professional tax preparers with large numbers of customers to file income tax returns electronically.
Infrastructure
IRS: Modernization progresses'slowly
The new Customer Account Data Engine, which is at the heart of the IRS' massive modernization scheme, is running a year behind schedule, but tax agency officials said it should be ready for limited use next year.
Management
Michigan will require some to e-file income taxes
Michigan is joining two nearby states in requiring corporations and professional tax preparers with large numbers of customers to file income tax returns electronically.<br>
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Where are they now...
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An architect eyes GSA's enterprise
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