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The Department of Health and Human Services has created the Office of Recovery Act Coordination to help ensure the timely, organized and transparent distribution of economic stimulus funds managed by HHS.
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology has released information online to help organizations participate in the Nationwide Health Information Network.
With the stimulus package passed, healthcare reform looms large on Capitol Hill. President Obama, lawmakers and experts say healthcare IT is destined to play a key role.
The discovery that the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) had lost its corporate standing has unleashed a storm of criticisms and false accusations on the Internet and has the organization fighting to protect its reputation.
President Barack Obama has tapped Democratic Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for Department of Health and Human Services secretary and Nancy-Ann DeParle to head the White House Office for Health Reform. Both women have extensive experience in healthcare and the overall praise of stakeholders.
After 10 years, the North American Connectathon is hitting an impressive stride, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise organizers say. As the size of the IHE interoperability demonstration continues to grow, this year’s participants won the admiration of event leaders because they were “confident, well-prepared and cooperative.”
Healthcare IT is a rocket ride under the new stimulus package
Never has there been a time when healthcare IT has garnered this much attention from Washington, this much money from the federal government and this much opportunity to advance.
Act now on stimulus, say IT experts: Only small percentage of hospitals qualify to receive bonuses …
President Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package into law Feb. 18, which includes $20 billion for healthcare IT advancement. Medicare and Medicaid providers who adopt healthcare IT can cash in on an expected $30 billion in net bonuses over the next 10 years.
HIMSS Analytics, a subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, has recognized 15 hospitals with its first Stage 7 Award.
Add electronic medical records to the wares giant retailer Wal-Mart plans to offer soon. Wal-Mart executives announced last month they would have EMRs available for sale by spring.