Government & Policy
Participation by the state's Medicaid program paves way to provide 4 million Tennessee residents with electronic medical records.
One prototype of health data exchange will be based on open-source software.
Agency will expand involvement in the electronic health records initiative as a partner of the Department of Health and Human Services.
First application will enable physicians to check on a patient's eligibility for benefits.
Like other recent legislation, the latest efforts to promote use of technology comes with bipartisan backing.
Senator criticizes failure to commit more fiscal 2006 funds to support e-health initiatives.
Communities lack solid data to make business case for regional information networks.
More than 20 data exchanges are up and running, with many others taking shape.
