The Center in the News

2008

July

July 1, 2008
"Retail Pharmacies and Largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers Announce Merger of E-Prescribing Networks -- Improving Safety, Accuracy, Efficiency of Prescription Medicines for Patients Nationwide" - DMN Forums
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July 1, 2008
"A Life Transformed By United Cerebral Palsy" - Patti's Blog
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June

June 27, 2008
"The battle to save Medicare" - Newsday.com
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June 27, 2008
"State Legislators Lead the Way in Solving Most Pressing Issues" - NCSL News
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June 27, 2008
"My Message to Democrats: Listen to the People and Make This 4th of July Energy Independence Day" - Humanevents.com
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June 26, 2008
"Reserving Tamiflu for workers in case of pandemic" - Forbes.com
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June 24, 2008
"Speakers at the Gallup Well-Being Forum" - Gallup
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June 24, 2008
"Self-serve, patient check-in kiosks wave of the future for front office" - Opthamology Times
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June 23, 2008
"Organizations Partner to Create Intelligent Health System" - InsideIndianaBusiness.com
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June 23, 2008
"Newt Gingrich To Address World Healthcare Innovation And Technology Congress, Dec. 8-10, Washington"
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June 23, 2008
"Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries" - MedicalNewsToday.com
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June 23, 2008
"High-Tech Medical Records" - RedOrbit.com
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June 19, 2008
"Zix Corporation Processes More Than 20 Million Electronic Prescriptions" - Digital50.com
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June 19, 2008
"United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) - Conference" - Calibre
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June 19, 2008
"Newt's Vision" - RedOrbit.com
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June 18, 2008
"YourCity.MD and TelaDoc Medical Services Announce Partnership to Expand Retail, Employer Telehealth Model Across the U.S." - PR-Inside.com
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June 18, 2008
"Top election issues for people with disabilities" - Yourhub.com
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June 18, 2008
"HIMSS Announces the 2008 Advocacy Award Winners" - HiMSS
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June 18, 2008
"Gingrich outlines proposal to address health care costs" - News-Medical.net
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June 18, 2008
"Gingrich Outlines Proposal To Address Health Care Costs" - MedicalNewsToday
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June 17, 2008
"Google, Microsoft pushing for electronic medical records" - Quickdfw.com
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June 17, 2008
"Google, Microsoft pushing for electronic medical records" - DallasNews.com
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June 17, 2008
"Google, Microsoft pushing for electronic medical records" - Calibre
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June 17, 2008
"Google, Microsoft pushing for electronic health records" - DentonRC.com
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June 16, 2008
"Gingrich Outlines Proposal To Address Health Care Costs" - KaiserNetwork.org
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June 15, 2008
"Legal Practices For Medical Practice" -AnyArticle.net
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June 13, 2008
"Reports Examine E-Script Issues" - Health Data Management
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June 13, 2008
"Nominations Accepted for 2008 'Champions of Health' Awards" - SmartBrief.com
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June 13, 2008
"eHealth Initiative and The Center for Improving Medication Management Release National Roadmap and Practical Guides for Rapid Expansion of Electronic Prescribing" - Interestalert.com
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June 13, 2008
"Alegent care gets group's top rating" - OmahaNewsstand.com
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June 12, 2008
"Think-Tank Provides Answers to Oklahoma's Health Care Woes" - OKCBusiness.com
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June 12, 2008
"Gingrich suggests insurance mandate for those who can afford" - JournalStar.com
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June 12, 2008
"Gingrich suggests insurance mandate for some" - Yahoo! Finance
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June 12, 2008
"Gingrich suggests insurance mandate for some" - Business Week
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June 12, 2008
"Center Releases New White Paper On Electronic Prescribing: Written And Endorsed By Industry-Wide Coalition, USA" -MedicalNewsToday.com
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June 11, 2008
"Reports look at benefits, barriers to e-prescribing" - HospitalConnect.com
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June 11, 2008
"Microsoft HealthVault Be Well Fund Recipients Named" - Yahoo! Finance
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June 11, 2008
"eHealth Initiative and The Center for Improving Medication Management Release National Roadmap and Practical Guides for Rapid Expansion of Electronic Prescribing" -The Earth Times
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June 9, 2008
"Zix Corporation Issues Statement Supporting Bipartisan Push for Medicare e-Prescribing Requirement" - Stockhouse.com
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June 6, 2008
"Spotlight on Alzheimer's" - The Providence Journal
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June 5, 2008
"Microsoft Increases 'HealthVault Be Well' Fund" -tmcnet.com
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May

May 30, 2008
"Ferraro, Snow join cancer research group" - HiTs eNewsletter
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May 28, 2008
Health Savings Accounts Experiencing Big Growth
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May 28, 2008
Chronically Ill Patients Not Receiving Consistent Care
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May 28, 2008
'HealthVault's Be Well Fund ups funding with increased proposals" - Healthcarefinancenews.com
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May 28, 2008
"MICROSOFT: Microsoft HealthVault Be Well Fund Increased to $4.5 Million" - Noticias.info
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May 28, 2008
"Microsoft HealthVault Be Well Fund Increased to $4.5 Million" -CnnMoney.com
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May 28, 2008
"Microsoft HealthVault Be Well Fund Increased to $4.5 Million" - Nieuwsbank.nl
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May 27, 2008
"Missouri Foundation for Health launches Project to Boost Health Coverage" - St. Louis Business Journal
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May 26, 2008
"The nominees for the 2008 '100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare'"- ModernHealthcare
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May 25, 2008
"O'Connor urges help for Alzheimer's disease" - NCTimes.com
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May 22, 2008
"No survivors: As Alzheimer's toll soars, increased funding for research and caregivers is essential." - Calibre
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May 22, 2008
"National ePrescribing Patient Safety InititativeSM (NEPSISM)" -Helium.com
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May 22, 2008
"E-Prescribing's Future Outlined at Symposium Hosted By RxHub and the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association" -PR-inside.com
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May 21, 2008
"PCMA's New Ad Campaign: E-Prescribing is Ready Now"- Interstatealert.com
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May 21, 2008
"PCMA's NEW AD CAMPAIGN: E-PRESCRIBING IS READY NOW" - News Article of Senator Ensign
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May 20, 2008
"Alzheimer's group makes Houston face the facts" - Individual.com
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May 14, 2008
"Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Address Senate Special Committee on Aging, Calling for Urgent Action Against Alzheimer's Disease" - PRNewswire
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May 14, 2008
"O'Connor urges help for Alzheimer's disease" - San Francisco Chronicle
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May 14, 2008
"O'Connor to talk today on husband's illness" -Arizona Republic
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May 14, 2008
"O'Connor goes public with private ordeal" -USAToday
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May 12, 2008
How Bush's Flawed Health Care Policies Are Gaining Traction
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May 12, 2008
"How Bush's Flawed Health Care Policies Are Gaining Traction" -alternet.com
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May 12, 2008
"Georgia Rx Exchange launches" - Georgia Business Chronicle
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May 12, 2008
"Georgia Gov. Perdue Signs Bill Establishing Tax Exemptions For Employer-Provided High-Deductible Policies" - Medicalnewstoday.com
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May 9, 2008
"Health Care Reform Waits" - The Washington Independent
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May 9, 2008
"Georgia Gov. Perdue Signs Bill Establishing Tax Exemptions for Employer-Provided High-Deductible Policies" - KaiserNetwork.org
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May 9, 2008
"American Association Of Clinical Endocrinologists Endorses National Diabetes Goal" - Medicalnewstoday.com
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May 8, 2008
"Perdue signs high-deductible insurance plan bill" - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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May 8, 2008
"Perdue signs bills aimed at health insurance" - The Macon Telegraph
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May 8, 2008
"Perdue signs bills aimed at easing high-deductible access" - wrdw.com
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May 8, 2008
"New Ford hospital strives for 5-star treatment" - Detroit Free Press
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May 8, 2008
"Health care reform bills signed" - The Daily Citizen
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May 8, 2008
"Georgia gov signs bills to ease health insurance access" - msnbc.com
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May 8, 2008
"Georgia Gov Signs Bills to Ease Health Insurance Access" - Forbes.com
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May 8, 2008
"Georgia gov signs bills to ease health insurance access" - businessweek.com
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May 7, 2008
"Perdue Signs Health Insurance Bills" - 11alive.com
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May 7, 2008
"Perdue OKs health bills" - Associated Press
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May 7, 2008
"American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Endorses National Diabetes Goal" - redorbit.com
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May 5, 2008
"Gingrich Group Leader Sees Health Care Gaining Prominence In Presidential Race"- Atlanta Hospital News
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May 1, 2008
"U.S. Internet, Health IT Prospects Improving" - iHealthBeat
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May 1, 2008
"Retirement Living TV Partners with Maryland Public Television to Address the Issue of Healthcare in America Through Its Series Healthcare '08: Search for Solutions " - PRNewswire
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May 1, 2008
"Consumer-Directed Telemedicine Solutons Lower Costs" - National Center for Policy Analysis
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April

April 30, 2008
"Telephone Medical Consults Answer the Call for Accessible, Affordable, and Convenient Healthcare" - Reprinted in Telemedicine and e-Health
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April 30, 2008
"Coming to a Pharmacy Near You: New 'E-Prescriptions Filled Here' Signs Mean Patients Can Give Their Prescriptions a Head Start and Reduce Time Spent at the Pharmacy"- interestalert.com
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April 29, 2008
"Gingrich calls for medical update: At forum on preventable medication errors he urges a switch to electronic records"- tmcnet.com
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April 28, 2008
Web site lets users compare hospital ratings - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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April 28, 2008
Electronic health care records can help eliminate medical errors, Gingrich says - Baltimore Business Journal
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April 27, 2008
Gingrich in Naples on Thursday for signing - news-press.com
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April 24, 2008
Center Founder Newt Gingrich speaks with KMOX reporter Mark Reardon at the CEO Health Forum in St. Louis - KMOX Radio (audio)
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April 22, 2008
Health - Care Reform Urged - The New York Times
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April 22, 2008
"Latest Studies Show Consumer-Directed Telemedicine Solutions Like Consult A Doctor Lower Costs While Providing Greater Access to Affordable, Quality Healthcare"- www.earthtimes.org
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April 22, 2008
"'Show Me Health Care' To Highlight 2008 Event "- Insurancenewsnet.com
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April 17, 2008
"Public reporting of errors divides hospitals"-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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April 14, 2008
"E-prescribing grows in Massachusetts, but other states lag behind"- Drug Topics
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April 10, 2008
WellStar renews health institute - Marietta Daily Journal
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April 10, 2008
Indiana Chamber Bringing in Former U.S. House Speaker - Inside Indiana Business
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April 10, 2008
Gingrich in state, talks health care - TMCnet
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April 10, 2008
Gingrich discusses ideas with Mercer group for new contract with America - Macon.com
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April 10, 2008
Former House Speaker Gingrich talks about health care in OKC - KSWO.com
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April 9, 2008
Former House Speaker Gingrich Says Democrats Will Not Overhaul Health Care - Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
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April 9, 2008
Biz leaders to discuss health care at summit - The Journal Record
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April 8, 2008
Senate backs expansion of health care coverage - Des Moines Register
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April 8, 2008
Older Dems Will Doom Health Overhaul, Gingrich Predicts - CQ Healthbeat News
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April 8, 2008
Gingrich urges hospital leaders to advance their reform ideas - AHANews.com
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April 8, 2008
Consumer-Directed Health Plans Provide Affordable, High-Quality Healthcare Options - Statement from Scott P. Serota, president and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
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April 7, 2008
Book Review: 'Real Change' by Newt Gingrich. Read it. - Justarticles.net
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April 3, 2008
Gingrich: Healthcare system is outdated - Daily Princetonian
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April 1, 2008
Gingrich Group Leader Sees Health Care Gaining Prominence in Presidential Race - Atlanta Hospital News
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March

March 31, 2008
Paving the way: Northwest Georgia YWCA honors women's achievements- Marietta Daily Journal (GA)
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March 31, 2008
Governor Signs Executive Order Implementing IT for Prescription for PA - ADVANCE for Health Information Executives
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March 28, 2008
Legislation gives insurers a break, critics say: Proposal pushes incentives for high-deductible plans and health savings accounts- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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March 28, 2008
Gingrich to speak on health care policy - News at Princeton
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March 26, 2008
Fueling Cobb YWCA to honor 15 women for exemplary local leadership-Marietta Daily Journal (GA)
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March 25, 2008
One-on-One with Newt Gingrich: Newt Gingrich's vision of tomorrow's healthcare systems involves copious amounts of IT - Healthcare Informatics
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March 23, 2008
Hospitals slow to adopt e-records - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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March 20, 2008
Local women vie for title - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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March 20, 2008
Center for Health Transformation CEO Named YWCA Woman of Achievement
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March 19, 2008
CHT Founder, Newt Gingrich hosts Safe Rx Awards and announces Massachusetts #1 in e-prescribing - Surescripts Newsletter
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March 17, 2008
TELEMEDICINE: CHT Releases White Paper on Value of Telemedicine and the Role of Telephonic Medical Consults - NewsRx
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March 17, 2008
Newt Gingrich Answers Your Questions - NY Times
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March 13, 2008
Biomedical Optics Gets Personal - BioOptics World
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March 12, 2008
AMGA: The usual suspects a hit - Gingrich, Bradley the talk of conference after recitation of standard fare - Modern Healthcare
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March 11, 2008
U.S. lags in digital medical records - Baltimore Sun
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March 11, 2008
Three RxNT Physicians Accept SafeRx Awards - Media Newswire.com
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March 11, 2008
DrFirst Congratulates 8 Rcopia E-Prescribing Users on Receiving the 3rd Annual SafeRx Awards - Business Wire
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March 10, 2008
Despite benefits, telemedicine barriers remain high - FierceHealthIT
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March 7, 2008
Market-based health solutions for all - Atlanta Business Chronicle
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March 7, 2008
Live From AMGA: Newt Speaks - HealthLeaders
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March 7, 2008
John T. Gill, MD, Elected Chair of Academy Board of Councilors - Yahoo!Finance Canada
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March 7, 2008
Company Upgrade: Introduces Healthways to our Bluechips Portfolio - TMCnet
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March 6, 2008
HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS: Funds to care for you - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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March 6, 2008
Gingrich, Center for Health Transformation push value of telemedicine - HealthCareIT News
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March 6, 2008
Gallup, Healthways Announce Global Well-Being Index SM - Business Wire
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March 6, 2008
Aetna Grant to Center for Health Transformation Continues Company's Diabetes Education Efforts - Business Wire
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March 5, 2008
Cassity Campaign: Statement on remarks from Rep. Jim Kreuser on Healthy Wisconsin proposal - WisPolitics.com
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March 4, 2008
The Doers, Not the Talkers: The Real Change Movement Surges Ahead of Campaign '08 - Human Events
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March 4, 2008
Physician Leaders Launch "Get Connected" Program to Help Thousands of Peers Start E-Prescribing
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March 4, 2008
National Ranking Names Massachusettes #1 State for Electronic Prescriptions
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March 4, 2008
Medical Groups Launch E-Prescribing Web Site - CIO
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March 4, 2008
Health Care Marketplace | Baltimore Sun Examines Physicians' Reluctance To Use EHRs - Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
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March 4, 2008
$3 billion annual savings estimated for Medicare e-prescribing - Government Health IT
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March 2, 2008
Gingrich urges federal help with Alzheimer's research - The Arizona Republic
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March 2, 2008
'Going digital'going slowly - Baltimore Sun
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March 1, 2008
Cassity Campaign: Statement on health care - WIS Politics
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March 1, 2008
Around Town: Bruton's mega-raise keeps city out of step; Church says, 'Not me' - Marietta Daily Journal
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March 1, 2008
"Around Town"- Marietta Daily Journal (GA)
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February

February 29, 2008
Premier Healthcare Alliance Experts Pen Chapter in Book Honored by HIMSS as 2007 Book of the Year - Business Wire
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February 28, 2008
Breakfast with Newt: talking about health and information technology - Health Populi
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February 27, 2008
Zix Corporation Continues e-Prescribing Leadership with Latest Version of PocketScript(R) - The Earth Times
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February 26, 2008
Rule Shifts Would Let States Rework Medicaid Plans and Charge Patients More - Medpage Today
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February 26, 2008
Governors, Members of Congress to Find Out Where Their States Rank in Electronic Prescription Use - The Earth Times
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February 26, 2008
D2Hawkeye to Present at the Center For Health Transformation Member Meeting - Business Wire
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February 23, 2008
Give priority to fighting Alzheimer's - The Arizona Republic
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February 22, 2008
A Mandate in the Making? - Healthcare Informatics
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February 21, 2008
CHT CEO Participates In Roundtable With Secretary Leavitt - Medical News Today
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February 15, 2008
Healthcare and the Economic Slowdown: Medicaid, State Revenues and Federal Spending Plans - Kaiser Network
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February 15, 2008
A National Health IT Policy Proves Elusive - H&HN
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February 15, 2008
Interview: Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Founder, Center for Health Transformation - WebMD
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February 14, 2008
GSK Launches New Website to Help Employers Lower Costs and Improve the Health of Workers - GlaxoSmithKline
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February 14, 2008
Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, to Meet with Fans at Maui Borders Book Signing - Hawaii Reporter
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February 13, 2008
An Interview with Julie Eckstein - Director of the Missouri Project. - AIM CapitolCast
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February 12, 2008
Newt Gingrich set for Maui book signing - The Honolulu Advertiser
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February 11, 2008
InterComponentWare Inc. Aligns with the Center for Health Transformation - Individual.com
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February 11, 2008
Gingrich Experts to Talk about Real Change - CR Newswire
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February 11, 2008
InterComponentWare Inc. Aligns with the Center for Health Transformation - PR Newswire
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February 8, 2008
Think-tank forum weighs merits of health-care solutions - Tallahassee Democrat
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February 7, 2008
Health-care forum explores prospects for innovation - Tallahassee Democrat
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February 1, 2008
Not Quite Fight Night - The Hotline (subscription required)
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February 1, 2008
Creating a 21st Century Intelligent Health System - American Health & Drug Benefits Online
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February 1, 2008
CHT Project Director David Merritt talks with SAGE Crossroads about his outlook for the development of an efficient health information technology system that can support personalized medicine - SAGE Crossroads
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January

January 31, 2008
LA Debate: Hugs, Smiles, Laughs, Celebs, and a Defining Moment on Iraq - The Huffington Post
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January 31, 2008
Hill introduces health care reform legislation - The Daily Citizen
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January 30, 2008
Perdue backs health insurance legislation - Ledger-Enquirer
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January 30, 2008
Opinion Piece Addresses OMB's 'Unwillingness To Embrace Change,' Recommends Overhaul - Medical News Today
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January 30, 2008
Newt Gingrich reflects on Florida primary - WPTV
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January 30, 2008
Graves: We need more debate on strengthening Medicaid - Austin-American Statesman
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January 30, 2008
Governor Announces Healthcare Reform to Insure More Georgians - Georgia.gov
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January 29, 2008
Opinion Piece Calls on President Bush To Overhaul Budget Office - iHealthBeat
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January 29, 2008
Opinion Piece Addresses OMB's 'Unwillingness To Embrace Change,' Recommends Overhaul - Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
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January 27, 2008
Fort Worth native promoted in D.C. - Star-Telegram
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January 24, 2008
Stakeholders Hopeful That 2008 Is Year Of E-Prescribing - Inside CMS (subscription required)
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January 23, 2008
The Columbus Project - Columbus and the Valley Magazine
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January 22, 2008
Editorial: E-prescriptions merit support - Star Tribune
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January 17, 2008
Newt Gingrich On 'Real Change' - HumanEvents.com
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January 15, 2008
National Policy Makers and Health Care Executives Come Together to Discuss the Future of Health Care - Alegent Health
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January 15, 2008
Engaging 2008 Debate, Key Long Term Care Advocacy Groups Offer New Plan to Strengthen Nation's Long Term and Post-Acute Care Delivery System - KLFY
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January 14, 2008
Gingrich on the Presidential Race - Hannity and Colmes
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January 14, 2008
Experts say e-prescribing will be first and hottest HIT issue in 2008 - Healthcare IT News
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January 11, 2008
Lee second worst for diabetes in KY - The Beattyville Enterprise
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January 10, 2008
Kentucky editors focus attention on diabetes - Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues
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January 10, 2008
Gingrich urges us to avoid becoming 'soft and stupid' - The Interior Journal
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January 10, 2008
As many as 12% of Letcher residents may have diabetes - The Mountain Eagle
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January 8, 2008
Former Speaker Gingrich Speaks at KY Diabetes Solutions Summit - Tops In Lex
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January 7, 2008
Summit Focuses on Solutions to Diabetes Problem - WTVQ
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January 7, 2008
State in thick of diabetes battle
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January 4, 2008
Newt Gingrich To Detail His Health Care Reform Plan in March - World Health Care Blog
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2008

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