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Rhode Island governor wants to replicate Texas Medical Center model
The governor of Rhode Island is considering recreating a medical, life-sciences and research hub like Texas Medical Center in Providence, R.I., Gov Monitor reports. Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee claims that
Hospital group sues health insurance commissioner
Care New England, a Rhode Island hospital group, filed a lawsuit to block new health insurance rules designed to control hospital costs, the Providence Journal reports. The group, which oversees
Despite heavy increases, only 12 percent of prescriptions are electronic
Electronic prescribing continues to grow at an impressive rate, but still only accounted for 12 percent of the 1.63 billion prescriptions written nationwide in 2009, according to the latest
States, providers still sorting out myriad HIE issues
Anyone involved in health information exchange--and that should be just about everyone working with an EMR, if Uncle Sam has anything to say about it--would do well to heed the advice of Jason Hess,
Public health benefits from EMR network at Rhode Island safety-net clinics
Recent flooding in Rhode Island illustrated why public-health officials are excited about the potential EMRs represent to improve disease surveillance and disaster response. "The public-health
ACLU suit against Rhode Island HIE shows why privacy is so central to health IT
The other shoe has dropped. Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union sued a state-sanctioned health information exchange in Rhode Island, saying that the pre-operational exchange doesn't have
High-risk insurance pools will cost eight times more than forecasted, expert predicts
The federal government's $5 billion plan for creating state-based high-risk insurance pools for uninsured patients could cost five times that amount, according to one healthcare analyst's
State rate hike round-up: News from coast to coast
While Congress is making plans to regulate insurance company premiums on the federal level, state-level rate hike plans continue to make news. In Rhode Island, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode
Rhode Island tracking H1N1 outbreaks with e-prescribing data
The state of Rhode Island says it is the first in the nation to track outbreaks of swine flu from electronic prescribing data. The Rhode Island Department of Health is receiving weekly updates of
Report: RI hositals lost money last year despite increase in patient revenue
Rhode Island's hospitals lost money in 2008, not surprising given the depressed state of the overall U.S. economy, a new report notes. The report, which was published by the Rhode Island Department
