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Kansas HIE to turn reins over to state
The Board of directors of Kansas's health information exchange (KHIE) has voted to dissolve itself and turn its operation over to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), according to a report from the Kansas Health Institute (KHI).
Healthcare drives business, jobs with $6.3B state impact
Hospitals serve as "economic anchor" in Kansas by attracting and maintaining business, as well as creating jobs, according to a new report released last week from the state hospital association. The
Kansas' about-face on $31.5M 'innovator' grant criticized as political
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback cited federal budget uncertainties in returning a $31.5 million "Early Innovator" grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week. It was the second
Malpractice caps being challenged in Kansas
Is it constitutional to cap medical malpractice claims? If in deciding the case of Miller v. Johnson--a case in which a young woman had the wrong ovary removed during surgery--Kansas follows
Kathleen Sebelius- 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Kathleen Sebelius Location: Topeka, Kansas Profession: Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; former governor of Kansas Fast facts: Before being confirmed by the Senate as
Once again, quality takes a back seat to cost
All this silly debate about whether or not the Obama administration wants to set up "death panels," as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed on her Facebook page, isn't necessarily just the rantings
Kansas City, Detroit firms jockey for stimulus money
In case anyone was doubting this scenario, mobile and wireless IT vendors are--get this--positioning themselves to capture some of the federal stimulus money. Yeah, we were shocked, too. Once the
KS clinic gets mobile VPN
A mobile virtual private network helps physicians, nurses and other staff at Wichita Clinic stay connected to the organizations servers even when they temporarily move out of Wi-Fi or even cellular
Stanford limiting drugmaker CME financing
Today, Stanford University is expected to announce that it will set strict limits on pharmaceutical industry financing of continuing education for doctors at its medical school. This marks a major
