athenahealth,
Inc.ATHN, a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic
health record (EHR), practice management and care coordination, today
announced that in light of the U.S. government shutdown, which has resulted in
the furlough of almost 70 percent of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) workforce, it will monitor and share population health
information from across its national health care 'big data' asset.
athenahealth's network is comprised of clinical, operational and business
performance data from nearly 44,000 medical providers and 40 million patient
records nationwide.
Yesterday, as described in a tweet from CDC Director Tom Frieden
(@DrFriedenCDC16h), "CDC had to furlough 8,754 people. They protected you
yesterday, can't tomorrow. Microbes/other threats didn't shut down. We are
less safe." athenahealth shares Doctor Frieden's concern that the absence
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