More people are using personal health records, according to a survey by the California HealthCare Foundation. The survey was entitled “Consumers and Health Information Technology: A National Survey” and one of the main findings was that while only 7% of adults are currently using personal health records (PHRs), the number is on the rise. “Americans [...]
The Deputy Director of the CIA, Stephen R. Kappes, is going to be retiring next month. Kappes first joined the CIA in 1981 for his first tour. He was the associate deputy director for operations for counterintelligence during 9/11. He was named as the Deputy Director in May of 2006 for his second tour. Michael [...]
BrightTALK, a webcasting service provider, will be hosting two webcasts titled Efficient Data Center and Green IT Summit. These webcasts will be free and held on April 20, 2010 and April 21, 2010. The webinars are a follow-up to the Green Data Center Summit that BrightTALK hosts back in November. Some of the topics will [...]
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday paid a visit to Lima, Peru, which is the first stop on his Latin America tour where he hopes to encourage continued multilateral cooperation in confronting common threats and to explore new ways the United States can help. Gates told reporters he plans to recognize successes already made as [...]
It is not everyday you see top defense officials with characters from Sesame Street. However, yesterday, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III and Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosted a preview of Sesames Workshop’s initiative called “When Families Grieve.” The PBS special program that was held at the [...]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday met with African officials in Nigeria and the International Civil Aviation Organization to discuss how to enhance international aviation security. Napolitano said the attempted terrorist attack on Dec. 25 showed that international terrorist threats must be countered with a global response through enhanced security standards, increased [...]
The risk of a nuclear attack has been on the rise, Obama said yesterday at the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit. The risk of a nuclear war may be on the decline, but there are still many nations that have nuclear materials. Obama said, “Just the smallest amount of plutonium, about the size of an apple, [...]
The U.S. Navy has been facing a shortage of pharmacists. When catastrophes such as the earthquake in Haiti occur, many pharmacists are deployed and this in turn makes a shortage of pharmacists in other areas. But now there is a solution: ScriptPro Telepharmacy. This is a robotics-based management telepharmacy system with a headquarters in Mission, [...]
Despite reservations about privacy issues and concerns about the economic viability of web-based health records systems, a recent health IT market research report found physicians today are less apprehensive about using and buying EHR systems, Modern Healthcare reports. Utah-based health IT researcher KLAS Enterprises conducted interviews with 370 ambulatory-care physicians or practice leaders who plan [...]
Tax season is about to come to an end, but not for everyone. Taxpayers are given the option to file a form for an extension. All one has to do is file the Form 4868 through the IRS Free File to get a six month extension until October 15, 2010. The form can be filled [...]