White House panel calls for universal exchange language for health care information

Washington—It is time to move from conventional electronic health records “to a more medically useful and secure system in which individual bits of health care data are tagged with privacy and security specifications,” says a White House panel of scientists.

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Creston reopens

Portland, Ore—The smiles are back at the renovated and reorganized Creston Children’s Dental Clinic, a Portland safety net for nearly 50 years that reopened Sept. 13 with the help of volunteer dentists and donors.

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Delegates move forward on national licensure exam

Orlando, Fla.—The 2010 ADA House of Delegates underscored its commitment to developing a national clinical licensure examination that evaluates candidates in accordance with Association policies on live patients.

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