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NewsHealth IT talk in Obama's State of the Union brief, but notable
While President Barack Obama did take a little bit of time in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night to talk about healthcare, predictably focusing on the Affordable Care Act, he only briefly Read more...
White House efforts to protect medical data 'getting worse'
When it comes to protecting the privacy of medical information, the Obama administration has slipped from its high mark in 2009, according to the annual "Privacy Report Card" from the Electronic Read more...
CMS to fight Medicare, Medicaid fraud with high-tech 'bounty hunters'
Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost American taxpayers some $54 billion last year. (We've long believed that Medicare fraud is the unofficial state sport of Florida.) CMS has tried many approaches to Read more...
Obama budget calls for more funding for ONC, comparative effectiveness
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology would get a $17 million funding boost, to a total of $78 million, under the Obama administration's budget proposal for fiscal Read more...
Senators propose $4B in HIT grants to providers for the poor
In a move patterned after a similar New York City initiative, a group of senators introduced a measure that would offer $4 billion in HIT grants over five years to providers who see poor patients or Read more...
Obama announces plan for electronic health records for everyone
President-elect Barack Obama announced as part of his economic stimulus plan that he wants all U.S. residents to have electronic health records within five years. When questioned, Obama said that he Read more...
Obama, McCain spar over healthcare, health IT plans
At the final presidential debate last week, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) both debated the differences between their health care plans, with both saying that health IT will be a Read more...
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