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States and communities nationwide will receive more than $103M from the federal government to help combat chronic illness, pegged as the leading cause of death in Americans. The money is aimed at developing new programs and providing technical assistance.Most chronic disease programs employ information technology as a means of tracking patient conditions and reporting to statewide and national registries.

The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates is using WebChart EHR from Medical Informatics Engineering to collect, track and manage medical information gathered from field physicals on eight U.S. military bases throughoutArea Support Group Kuwait.


There is great variability in the standards used to ensure social media sites provide effective information and good answers to health questions, according to a new survey that examined diabetes-related sites.The survey was conducted by Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital and CVS Caremark, and was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.