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Information technology would push some healthcare reform plans discussed last month in what the White House called a “breakthrough” meeting between President Barack Obama and representatives of insurance companies, doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical firms.
When it comes to healthcare IT advancement, there is a lot riding on committees.
If providers delay their acquisition of an EHR until the federal government issues a definition of “meaningful use,” they’re wasting valuable time.
The American Academy of Family Physicians National Demonstration Project on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) concluded almost a year ago, and as the project comes under evaluation experts have raised concerns and recommendations.
The recession has forced more than half the nation’s hospitals to either scale back information technology projects already in progress or postpone them, according to a new survey from the American Hospital Association.
In a state where healthcare has sometimes been delivered by telephone, snowmobile or even dogsled, a couple of recent IT implementations aim to make life a little bit easier.
President Barack Obama’s expanded fiscal year 2010 budget signals continued commitment to advancing healthcare IT as a way to cut healthcare costs and save lives.
Massachusetts General Hospital, New England's largest medical facility, has deployed a new surveillance system designed to help the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reduce the risk of major outbreaks of communicable diseases.
The best way to support the nation’s healthcare IT initiatives is to back healthcare reform, says David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced the creation of a new interagency effort, the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT).