Department of Health and Human Services
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As the Nation implements recently enacted health reform legislation, our regional businesses are uniquely qualified to assist the federal government to transform Health IT. Maryland is home to HHS, NIH, FDA, NIST, SSA, and the new Cyber Security Command Center and all of these agencies work with businesses to innovate health information technology. Montgomery County\'s Barbara Ashe tells us about a way to bring the sectors together.
January 18, 2011 -
Federal Security Spotlight speaks with Thomas Schankweiler III, chief information security officer in the office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. January 13, 2011
January 13, 2011 -
A preview of Federal Security Spotlight with HHS\' Tom Shankweiler.
January 12, 2011 -
Todd Park, chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, tells host Francis Rose how HHS cultivates an entrepreneurial spirit.
January 05, 2011 -
Park was the guest on In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss fostering innovation in government.
January 05, 2011 -
The Federal Bed Bug Workgroup meets in February for its second summit.
December 09, 2010 -
But who will certify the certifiers? We get a feel for how Health IT certification works from HHS\'s Dr. Doug Fridsma.
December 07, 2010 -
The Administration on Aging\'s Senior Medicare Patrol program has been awarded the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association 2010 Excellence in Public Awareness Award. Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Health and Human Services explains.
December 06, 2010 -
Federal offices face a public health scourge spreading across the nation: bedbugs. Five agencies have joined forces to form the Federal Bed Bug Workgroup, which works to educate on and control the spread of bed bugs. The EPA\'s director of Office of Pesticide Programs tells us about findings of the first National Bed Bug Summit.
November 29, 2010 -
The AFFIRM panel discusses how to stay innovative.
November 18, 2010 -
HHS is just months away from awarding federal funds for health IT, but in order to earn the money, health providers will first have to prove that they are using electronic health records in a meaningful way. We get details from HHS CTO Todd Park.
November 08, 2010 -
The Federal Drive\'s Tom Temin caught up with Todd Park, the chief technology officer for Health and Human Services. Park gives an update on the progress of moving towards electronic health records and examines a linkage between two pieces of health record legislation.
November 03, 2010 -
The Text-4-Baby program is a good example of a public-private partnership. Todd Park, chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, and Yvonne Green, director of the office of women\'s health at the Centers for Disease Control, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the successes of the program.
October 27, 2010 -
Department of Health and Human Services officials are preparing for the opening of the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in January. The office is supposed to help spread the use of innovative new payment and delivery systems to drive down the cost, and expand the availability of health care nationwide.
October 19, 2010 -
Subhead: Administration honors sustainability efforts by seven agencies with the 2010 GreenGov Presidential awards.
October 07, 2010