Perot Systems, Northern Arizona Healthcare Sign New Agreement; Health Information Management Agreement Brings Best

Perot Systems, Northern Arizona Healthcare Sign New Agreement; Health Information Management Agreement Brings Best
SYS-CON Media - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
Perot Systems Corporation today announced a new seven-year health information management (HIM) agreement with Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) based in Flagstaff, Arizona. NAH has engaged Perot Systems to deliver a comprehensive HIM solution that will bring more accurate and readily available data to Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) and the health system.Save to My Web

Kulongoski commissions plan for affordable health care
Coos Bay World Link - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
SALEM (AP) - Affordable health care, which is emerging as one of the top issues in Oregon's upcoming gubernatorial race, got another push when Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced a yearlong focus on the topic.Save to My Web

A Paraguayan health official disinfects a car entering from Argentina in Puerto Falcon
AlertNet - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
A Paraguayan health official disinfects a car entering the country from Argentina to avoid foot-and-mouth disease following an outbreak reported just 25 km (16 miles) south of the border, in Puerto Falcon near Asuncion, February 9, 2006.Save to My Web

Acting health commish stepping down
Philadelphia Daily News - Feb 09 10:22 AM
Dr. Joanne Godley, the city's acting health commissioner, submitted her resignation this week after only six months on the job. Godley told Managing Director Pedro Ramos that she was leaving to take a job in the private sector, according to Joe Grace, a spokesman for Mayor Street.Save to My Web

Health meeting for pensioners
The Evening Leader - Feb 09 7:34 AM
OLDER residents of a Mold estate will have the chance to discuss health issues at a meeting today. Bryn Gwalia Communities First and Age Concern have organised a Health and Wellbeing session for pensioners.Save to My Web

Blunt names members of health care IT task force
The Business Journal of Kansas City - Feb 09 11:10 AM
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has appointed 12 people -- including four from the Kansas City area -- to a new task force that will study the use of health care information technology in the state.Save to My Web

Connecting for Health Prototype Successfully Moved Electronic Health Information Among Medical Record Systems in Three
SYS-CON Media - Feb 09 11:07 AM
Connecting for Health announced today that its three-state prototype has achieved an important first milestone toward the secure, authorized, and private exchange of health information, based on a series of tests conducted throughout 2005. The prototype, initiated in January of 2005 and announced last June, involves very different, independent local networks serving diverse communities in Boston, Save to My Web

Health Notes / News and Events of Community Interest
RedNova - Feb 09 8:28 AM
A free blood pressure screening and suggestions for healthier living and reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke will be offered by the Catholic Health System at 10 a.m. Thursday in Monsignor Adamski Village Apartments, 855 William St. *** Dr.Save to My Web