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EHRs and enabling personalized medicine

In the healthcare arena, one of the promising areas of innovation is genomics--and how that can be adapted to providing personalized medicine. But while progress is being made in understanding the

Feeling meaningfully used

They say everybody's a critic. These days, everybody's a pundit, too. That's particularly true when it comes to "meaningful use" of EMRs. On Tuesday morning, CMS of course released its final rule on

SPOTLIGHT: Panel optimistic, apprehensive about 'meaningful use' of EMRs

Government agencies and health plans are taking small steps toward collaboration on projects to help healthcare providers achieve "meaningful use" of EMRs, including post-market surveillance of

SPOTLIGHT: Panel optimistic, apprehensive about 'meaningful use' of health IT

Government agencies and health plans are taking small steps toward collaboration on "meaningful use" health IT projects, according to a panel of experts who spoke at the Brookings Institute on May

Forum: IT won't help much until practices shift operations

Health IT experts at a forum sponsored by the Brookings Institute last week gathered to discuss how IT use could be accelerated and integrated within the healthcare system. But along the way, they