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7/7/2008

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Health Savings Accounts: Who Really Benefits and Why?
Health savings accounts are designed to offer a tax free savings plan that can be used for current or future out of pocket health care expenses. The core idea is to encourage families to set aside money for high cost out of pocket medical expenses via an income tax exemption model.
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Gaining an Understanding of the HIM Director, CIO Relationship
Help us determine the reporting and working relationship between your organization's HIM director and the CIO.
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Online Extras
NEW! Health Care IT Podcast
Tune into ADVANCE's exclusive podcast by CIO Spencer Hamons. This week's edition is titled "Planning for Success of IT."
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The Latest Health Care IT Developments
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    Online Features
    Survival of the Fittest
    Ensuring IT provides an innovative edge.
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    Theft Prevention
    Five security risks for health care.
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    Cracking the Code
    Integrating asthma genomics into public health.
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    In the News
    NAHIT Announces New Leadership
    The National Alliance for Health Information Technology recently announced new leadership and a new strategic framework to spur the effective use of health information technology to improve patient care.
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    Community
    HIT Blogs

    HIT Insider: Blogs covers timely news updates, poses questions and solicits feedback on issues facing the HIT field.
    Got Clinicians?
    - CIO Edward Marx discusses the importance of having clinicians in an IT department.
    Is Technology All That Beneficial?
    - Managing Editor Bob Mitchell shares a personal experience with new health care technology and asks why some things are being implemented.
    Pollster Expects Close Race
    - Frank Irving, Editor of Decision 08 Blog, examines the projections for the general election.

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    In Print
    Letters to the Editor
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    Here's What's in the July Issue
    Read these articles in the July issue of ADVANCE for Health Information Executives:
    • Tackling Shadow IT Growth
    • Wireless/Mobile Technologies Buyers Guide
    • Smartphones in the Mobile Environment
    • Cardiac PACS and HIT
    • Implementing RFID
    • Mobile Devices for Clinical Rounding
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