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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...
CEOs urge laws offering EMR incentives
While government officials have been pressuring providers to adopt EMRs for years, healthcare buyers haven't taken as strong of a public stand. Last week, however, some of the top CEOs in the U.S.... Read more...
Former House Rep. pushes for health IT bill
A former Congresswoman who once championed health IT legislation unsuccessfully two years ago has come back, this time as the head of a health IT coalition pushing new measures. Former Rep. Nancy... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Latest NPI deadline poses big problems, report says; Allscripts/Misys deal could offer $850 opp to Allscripts; and
> If providers needed to hear it again, here's more support for their position. Another report has concluded that new deadline for for using the National Provider Identifier will create big... Read more...
HIT shortage can only get worse
IT is a complex profession in and of itself, and health IT management even more so. While I'm not an IT recruiter, I'd wager that you wouldn't want anyone with less than a decade of hard-core... Read more...
Senate approves HIT fund
Last week, the Senate approved a budget amendment that would create a reserve fund for health IT legislation. Without getting too deep into procedural stuff, the net effect of the amendment will be... Read more...
Groups say IT changes must be part of national reform
A pair of lobbying groups have been pushing hard to see the U.S. Congress pass health IT legislation that establishes national technology standards, before technology vendors go further down the road... Read more...
DEA may allow e-prescribing of controlled substances
Just last week, we took the DEA to task for its apparent resistance to letting physicians prescribe controlled substances electronically. Well, either I misread the situation or they've had a quick... Read more...
CBO says EMRs won't save as much as hoped
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests that without large changes in the healthcare delivery system, EMRs can't cut healthcare costs substantially. This will come as a bit... Read more...
Report: Local RHIOs aren't likely to become national
A new report suggests that despite its popularity, the dominant model for developing a national health information network may not be working. The report, from the Information Technology and... Read more...
