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athenahealth's Bush: IT can aid in health cost savings

In a recent interview with Fortune, Jonathan Bush, the always outspoken CEO of Watertown, Mass.-based health IT vendor athenahealth, talked about the state of healthcare costs today and what can be

Federal agencies to go on a $6.5B health IT spending binge

Federal agencies will spend $6.5 billion on their own health IT needs in 2016, up from $4.5 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Deltek, a government IT contractor that operates a research

The moon landing was nothing compared to the ONC strategic plan

Where will health IT be in 2015? If we achieve all of the goals of the updated Office of the National Coordinator strategic plan , it will be in an ideal state. Everybody will have electronic health

SPOTLIGHT: U.S. could save $540B over 10 years with health IT

A new report from UnitedHealth Group suggests that by using efficient technologies--including automated cards validating patient eligibility and benefits at the point of service--the U.S. could save