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Despite heavy increases, only 12 percent of prescriptions are electronic
Electronic prescribing continues to grow at an impressive rate, but still only accounted for 12 percent of the 1.63 billion prescriptions written nationwide in 2009, according to the latest
Bills seek to expand meaningful use, allow non-certified EMRs; Orthopedists call standards inappropriate
Once again, members of Congress, unsatisfied with the scope of "meaningful use," are seeking to expand eligibility for federal EMR subsidy payments, while more criticisms of the final CMS rule are
The message is trickling through: IT and quality must be part of reform
Congress passed, and President Obama signed, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law back in February, including some $35 billion or so in funding for EMRs and other health IT. (Based on
'Health IT Week' shrinks, but Congress needs all the reminders it can get
In case anyone missed the news, today is the first day of the National Health IT Week . In just its fourth year, it's an event that's already losing its luster. According to the promotional materials:
Whitehouse: health IT will be "backbone" of health overhaul
At a HIMSS09 town hall meeting on Sunday, Rep. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called the $19 billion investment in health IT by President Obama a necessary "leap of faith," adding that IT will be the
Sens. ask GAO to find local best practices
Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have asked the Government Accountability Office to find best practices used by states and other countries, as well as individual hospitals,
