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There are good reasons to believe that Congress will pass healthcare reform legislation in 2009, although some “dealbreakers” could derail the process.
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel is "working triple time" on preparing to help providers and vendors apply the stimulus package requirements, according to its chairman.
Only .01 percent of hospitals in the U.S. have reached a Stage 7 electronic medical record - none until the middle of 2008.
The HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is unclear on the development of health information exchanges, and the deadlines attached to incentives have been reported all over the map.
The Cherokee Indian Hospital in North Carolina and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services each implemented healthcare IT to improve population health outcomes in their communities and the work processes to support that improvement.
Michael J. Kussman MD, the Under Secretary for Health for the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to retire from federal service.
Microsoft Health Users Group (Microsoft HUG) and Microsoft Corp. have announced the winners of the 12th annual Microsoft HUG 2009 Innovation Awards, which recognizes organizations, vendors and systems integrators that demonstrate advancements and success using Microsoft technology in the healthcare industry.
Tuesday's proceedings don't include a keynote, but there's no shortage of buzzworthy happenings at day three of HIMSS09 here in Chicago.
The 20th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey highlighted a firm commitment to healthcare IT, despite financial concerns impacting hospital CIOs' decision-making plans.
In his Monday morning keynote, George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, discussed how his organization has been using healthcare IT to provide 24/7 comprehensive data about a patient to physicians and to "make the right thing easy to do."