U.S. Issues Rules on Electronic Health Records

In an effort to help improve patient care, the federal government has set rules in place that will soon require hospitals and healthcare professionals to work toward using electronic health records.     » View Article (from www.nytimes.com)

Vulnerable Infants Program - RI: Promoting Permanency for
Substance - Exposed Infants

Child Welfare (Vol 89, No.3, pgs 121-143, 2010) recently published an article which details the first five years of the Vulnerable Infants Program (VIP) "Promoting Permanency for Substance - Exposed Infants" project. VIP was a care coordination program designed to promote permanency for newborns prenatally exposed to drugs through facilitating access to services family members require and closely monitoring progress in conjunction with child welfare services and the family court. Over the first four years of the program there was a decrease in time spent in the newborn nursery beyond medical necessity and identification of permanent placements by 12 months for 84% of infants, with most (78%) placed with biological parents or relatives.