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Several leading academic medical centers and community health systems have formed a coalition to join the debate over the direction of healthcare information technology.
Yes, we are smack dab in the middle of an escalating public debate over healthcare reform, and its proposed nearly trillion-dollar price tag seems to be aggravating a growing negative vibe about the benefits of the stimulus pack. If Americans are peeved about the cost of the stimulus package and the speed of economic recovery, where does this leave healthcare IT, which scored a hefty $20 billion in that deal?
The State Alliance for e-Health last month issued new guidance for state health information exchanges.
Maine has launched what officials are calling the largest statewide health information exchange in the nation that uses clinical data. And the Obama administration’s healthcare IT chief says it could be a model for the rest of the country even as Connecticut, New York, Maryland Massachusetts are launching launch their own HIE initiatives this summer.
By many accounts, most small, rural hospitals across the country lack the upfront capital that would position them to take advantage of federal funds intended to boost the uptake and use of information technology.
Physicians across the nation are relying more and more on their mobile devices for assistance regarding patient diagnosis.
The federal government’s Health IT Policy Committee has adopted additional recommendations on meaningful use and proposed expansion of EHR certification to include 10 to 12 certification panels in addition to the existing Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.
The federal advisory panel on health IT standards has approved refined recommendations on how providers may electronically record a physician's observations to qualify for federal recovery bonuses.
The Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation, a Tokyo-based health information technology company, has joined Medidata’s "ASPire To Win" program for contract research organizations and service providers.
Healthcare IT chief David Blumenthal has joined the White House e-mail campaign for healthcare reform with a public letter sent via e-mail expounding the virtues of electronic health record systems as a critical piece of transformation.