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More federal funding needed for public health IT infrastructure
Back in 2004, when President George W. Bush launched the federal health IT initiative that has now morphed into Meaningful Use, it was clear that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, served as a
Consensus report uniting ACOs and medical homes has health IT implications
A new consensus report on how to reform the healthcare delivery system has some important implications for health IT. The report, entitled Better to Best: Value Driving Elements of the Patient
Primary-care shortage puts medical home model out of reach
The country may not be ready to shift to a primary-care medical home model, according to a University of Michigan Health System study published in Medical Care, because, simply put, there aren't
WellPoint begins paying for medical tourism
Medical tourism has been the trendiest idea in medicine for years now. However, it hasn't become a standard part of medical care for most U.S. consumers yet, in part because the patients have had to
