http://www.nhinwatch.com NHINWatch.com Top Stories en-us 08/27/2008 11:26:28 http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0826/p09s02-coop.html In an editorial, Sue Blevins, president of the Institute for Health Freedom in Washington, said that Congress needs to pass a strong privacy law to protect patient healthcare information. 08/26/2008 12:00:00 http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350537-1.html The Louisville Health Information Exchange is seeking new proposals from vendors to help the HIE develop a health record banking system. 08/26/2008 12:00:00 http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080826005415&newsLang=en HealthBridge, a health information exchange (HIE) operating in the Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky region, demonstrated its ability to share health information electronically for Kentucky Congressman Geoff Davis in a kick-off to a community e-prescribing initiative. HealthBridge is using Axolotl's Elysium Exchange solution. 08/26/2008 12:00:00 http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350538-1.html The Military Health System will upgrade its Theater Medical Data Store to enable in-theater medical providers to access data on lab tests and treatments completed at Germany's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center via a Web portal. 08/26/2008 12:00:00 http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350534-1.html The work that the New York eHealth Collaborative is doing for the Nationwide Health Information Network demonstration project will be leveraged for its own statewide efforts. 08/25/2008 12:00:00 http://wistechnology.com/articles/4949/ A recently released Wisconsin Hospital Association report noted that Wisconsin hospitals have a high rate of health IT adoption, including electronic health records. 08/25/2008 12:00:00 http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8871701 Gundersen Lutheran will receive $300,000 to improve its health information technology program, including extending its electronic health record system to regional medical centers. 08/25/2008 12:00:00 http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/three-pilot-projects-receive-grants/story.aspx?guid=%7BB900678D-E51B-4B96-88DE-A961E2E130BD%7D&dist=hppr The Washington State Health Care Authority has awarded three community grants for health record banking pilot projects. Community residents in Spokane-based Inland Northwest Health Services, Cashmere-based Community Choice Healthcare Network, and Bellingham-based St. Joseph Hospital Foundation and The Critical Junctures Institute will manage their own electronic health records. 08/21/2008 12:00:00 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9802 The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation plans to install an electronic medical records system linking all its detention facilities. The new Web-based system will interface with the agency's existing administrative systems. 08/21/2008 12:00:00 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9798 Three small hospitals in northern Iowa have installed an integrated electronic health record system, the first of its kind in a U.S. rural healthcare setting, according to health system officials. 08/20/2008 12:00:00