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========================================================= Sponsored by Proofpoint Free Report: Outbound Email Security and Content Compliance Everyone is familiar with inbound e-mail threats such as spam and viruses, but little attention has been paid to the risks posed by outbound email. Learn how IT execs are meeting HIPAA and other challenges in this free report from Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1053-16-30-98670-119695-1 ========================================================= September 1, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: HIPAA Costs Said to Curtail Health IT Spending 2. Opinion: Useful Health IT Puts People First 3. Around the Web: Reader Poll: Health-IT Czar Most Powerful in Healthcare 4. News: Grants Support Tech for Easing Life with Alzheimer's 5. News: Merger Creates $65M E-Pharmacy with RFID 6. Around the Web: Health IT Key to Bush Strategy Visit the Health Care Industry Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1053-16-30-98670-119698-1 ========================================================= Health Care Industry Center Update ========================================================= 1. News: HIPAA Costs Said to Curtail Health IT Spending Despite its popularity as a political issue, health IT is taking a back burner to HIPAA compliance efforts, says a market research analyst firm, which predicts a dip in health IT spending this year. Find out why. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1053-16-30-98670-119701-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Useful Health IT Puts People First As more and more hospitals "go live" with health care technology systems, we must consider how patient care will be affected--and what intangibles could be lost in the transfer. Take a closer look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1053-16-30-98670-119704-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Around the Web: Reader Poll: Health-IT Czar Most Powerful in Healthcare Several IT professionals grace the roster of Modern Healthcare's annual reader's poll. Get the full story here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1053-16-30-98670-119707-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Grants Support Tech for Easing Life with Alzheimer's The grants, a collaboration between Intel and the Alzheimer's Association, will sustain research in using commercially available technology in innovative ways to help patients live more independently--and to help their caretakers. Find out who won and how they'll be putting the grants to use. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1053-16-30-98670-119710-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Merger Creates $65M E-Pharmacy with RFID Innovative players look to stand out in the RFID pharmaceutical market, where analysts are projecting RFID growth that is much more rapid than in retail. Learn more about the merger that created NEXT GENeSYS and what the company hopes to achieve. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1053-16-30-98670-119713-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Around the Web: Health IT Key to Bush Strategy As Bush and Kerry square off on the issue of health care, the Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson underscores the importance of health IT in the Bush administration's approach. 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