Technology News
- Utah Medicaid Patient Records at Risk, Again
- The Utah Department of Health has begun notifying 6,000 Utahns on Medicaid that some of their personal information was misplaced by a third-party contractor.
- Washington, D.C., Tops List of Top 10 Cities for Tech Growth
- Silicon Valley? That is so 1995. As it turns out, other metropolitan areas across the country are kicking some Bay Area rear when it comes to tech job growth since the millennium.
- Cloud Computing Taxes at Issue in Idaho and Elsewhere
- Fast-changing technology has created gray areas in tax laws across the country. Businesses and lawmakers are sparring over whether commercial use of remote computer software and servers should be taxed.
- On 2nd Look, Digital Health Records Produce Few Savings
- Optimistic predictions by RAND in 2005 helped drive explosive growth in the electronic records industry and encouraged the federal government to give billions of dollars in financial incentives to hospitals and doctors that put the systems in place.
- Silent Panic Alarms Proposed for All New Jersey Schools
- An Essex County lawmaker introduced a bill to install silent panic alarms in New Jersey public schools that would immediately alert authorities to emergencies.
- Feds Give States More Time to Comply with REAL ID Law
- Only 13 states issue driver’s licenses that comply with the federal Real ID law, but states that do not will have at least six months to bring their licenses up to those standards.
- FCC Puts $400 Million Toward Telemedicine Capability
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is putting $400 million toward improving the nation's telemedicine infrastructure, the commission announced Monday.
- Austin Schools GPS Track Students to Reduce Absenteeism
- An Austin school district's new truancy program uses GPS trackers to help prompt students to go to class more often.
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- Pinterest Helps Police Catch Criminals
- The widely used, visually-oriented platform is helping social media-savvy law enforcement agencies drive up arrest rates.
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- Expert: Fracking Can Happen Safely in New York
- As the governor weighs whether to approve fracking, the state found in an analysis that the much-debated drilling technology could be conducted safely, according to a copy obtained by The New York Times from an expert who did not believe it should be kept secret.
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- States Show Large Increases in Use of Electronic Health Records
- The percent of physicians e-prescribing using an EHR has increased in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia, according to a new brief released by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
- HHS Increases Safety of Electronic Health Records
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a road map for making electronic health records and other health IT safer for patients.
- Washington State Moves to Charge Electric-Car Owners Yearly Fee
- Owners of electric cars in Washington state don't buy gasoline or pay gas taxes, but they're soon going to be hit with a $100 fee to own the battery-operated cars.
- Three Georgia Cities Crack Down on False Alarms
- Three cities, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Johns Creek, are adopting ordinances that assess fines for false alarms, a measure they say could save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and the lives of first responders.
- Utah Health Exchange to Test Affordable Care Act's Flexibility
- Utah says it doesn’t want to do much to alter its existing exchange, which it started for small businesses before President Barack Obama’s health care law was enacted in 2010. Gov. Gary Herbert’s administration says it’s ready to add individual coverage, but not much else.
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- High-Performance Government - Building "Better, Faster, Cheaper"
- June 20, 2013
- Nationally, six straight years of revenue declines have put enormous pressure on state and local governments, nevertheless, some are thriving. Standard & Poor's, the credit-rating agency, reports that it issued more bond upgrades than downgrades in 2012.
- Health Care Reform is Here: Are You Ready for the Rush?
- June 27, 2013
- The Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act are in full swing. With the influx of people who will be applying for benefits and the ACA requirement for online enrollment, it is more important than ever to verify the identities of those accessing benefits up front.
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