Dr. Julie Hall-Barrow, senior vice president of Network Development and Innovation at Children’s Health in Dallas, said she didn’t plan on a career that included IT as a component. “It kind of found me,” she said. “I get so excited about how technology can make life better for children and I look forward to creating… Read More: Julie Hall-Barrow uses IT innovation to remove barriers to care »
Emilia Ford became pregnant at 15 and, after her daughter was born, dropped out of high school. As she held down different jobs during the past decade — including housekeeping and working in a relative’s retail store — she always thought about going for her GED to show she met high school academic skills. But… Read More: Medicaid Plans Cover Doctors’ Visits, Hospital Care — And Now… »
Health IT vendor Cerner is working with Claritas Genomis to develop tools and connectivity to integrate genomic testing into healthcare practice. The initiative to advance personalized medicine aims to better integrate results from next generation sequencing (NGS) diagnostic testing into delivering care to patients. The companies say they intend to develop a rapid, scalable laboratory… Read More: Cerner, Claritas to work on integrating NGS into care »
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas struck down the entire Affordable Care Act on Friday on the grounds that its mandate requiring people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional and the rest of the law cannot stand without it. The ruling was over a lawsuit filed this year by a group of Republican governors… Read More: Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama’s Affordable Care Act as Unconstitutional »