Bernie Monegain
The Washington Post on Saturday reported on how the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) exerted its influence on the Obama administration and Congress to promote healthcare information technology.
The pledge to cut $2 trillion in healthcare costs, discussed at a White House meeting last week between President Barack Obama and industry leaders, is back on the table, and information technology is expected to underlie some of the proposals.
The promises made to President Obama by several healthcare industry groups to control healthcare costs were overstated by the president, some of the groups are saying. Many of the savings under discussion would employ information technology as a way to shave expenses.
Healthcare imaging vendors offering next-generation computed tomography (CT) scanners are hard-pressed to convince healthcare providers of the value, concludes a new report from Orem, Utah-based research firm KLAS.
As William Bria, MD, sees it, the Web site www.meaningfuluse.org, launched Tuesday by AMDIS and Compuware, will encompass much more than a narrow discussion on the words "meaningful use."
Health system modernization could save the government nearly $600 billion in health spending over the next decade and $9 trillion over the next 25 years, according to the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Democratic Leadership Council.
Information technology would push some healthcare reform proposals put forth Monday in what the White House called a "breakthrough" meeting between President Barack Obama and representatives of insurance companies, doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical firms.
Several prominent healthcare professional groups, including America's Health Insurance Plans, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, are set to meet with President Barack Obama Monday to announce a plan to cut healthcare costs by $2 trillion over 10 years.
A new GE project dubbed "healthymagination" will put $3 billion over six years into research and development to launch at least 100 innovations aimed at providing better healthcare while cutting costs.
Continued adoption of healthcare information technology is critical to healthcare reform, a spokesman for the nation's top corporations told the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.