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NewsLeavitt: HIT standards development slow, but U.S. on the right track
Michael Leavitt, the Secretary of Health and Human Services during the second term of President George W. Bush, expressed strong support for the Obama Administration's health IT incentive program Read more...
Organizations ask Congress to integrate health IT, reform plans
More than 20 organizations, including the eHealth Initiative, sent a letter to members of Congress asking for all of the health IT elements from the stimulus package to be integrated into the health Read more...
Obama to push health IT to cut costs
As President Barack Obama goes before the American Medical Association on Monday to detail his health reform strategy, health IT will prove to be an integral part of his planned overhaul. In his Read more...
Obama plans longitudinal EMR for veterans
The Obama Administration announced last week that it will be rolling out an EMR for veterans that will contain all of their clinical and administrative information from the moment of enlistment to Read more...
HIMSS09 Keynote: Quaid pushes for more efficient use of technology
In the initial keynote address of HIMSS09 on Sunday, actor Dennis Quaid made a plea similar to the one he made at an annual meeting of the Association of Healthcare Journalists last March, imploring Read more...
The impact of the government on health IT
If you're still trying to figure out how exactly the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will help out the healthcare industry, you're not alone. While initially it may seem as if this subject has Read more...
VA looking to modernize to improve care
The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office for Enterprise Development, looking to improve its service to veterans by improving IT, is implementing technology from ICOR Partners to help get the job Read more...
Obama names Harvard doc as health IT chief
Last Friday, Harvard Medical School professor Dr. David Blumenthal was named the national coordinator for health information technology according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Read more...
Health IT stimulus includes Medicare EMR incentives
The stimulus spending plan promoted by President Obama has passed, including a healthy $20 billion in IT spending that will largely be funneled through CMS to provide incentives for EMR adoption. The Read more...
Hospital IT's global market could reach $35B by 2015
According to new information from Global Industry Analysts, the global hospital information systems market will grow beyond $35 billion by the year 2015. The growth should be driven largely by Read more...
| Press ReleasesCaduceus Software Systems Corp. Looks at Taking Advantage of the $19 Billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)BIRMINGHAM, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Caduceus Software Systems Corp. (OTCBB:CSOC) – would like to inform the public that on February 17, 2009, President Obama signed ARRA into law. The Health Read more >> BIO Praises Passage of Small Company Capital Formation ActWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) strongly supports the Small Company Capital Formation Act (HR 1070), sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), which Read more >> Statement on President Obama’s Drug Shortage Announcement from Premier COO Mike AlkireCHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Premier healthcare alliance commends President Obama and his administration for taking action to help further reduce and prevent drug shortages and subsequent Read more >> Stop The HIT Coalition Statement on Increase in Cost of Employer-Provided Health InsuranceWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Stop The HIT Coalition issued the following statement after a Kaiser Family Foundation study found that employer sponsored health insurance premiums have increased 9 Read more >> MedeAnalytics Estimates Debt-Ceiling Law Could Reduce Medicare Payments to Individual Hospitals by $1.1 Million to $1.4 Million10-Year Projection Based on CBO and OMB Budget DataEMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, today released an Read more >> |
