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President Barack Obama has tapped Democratic Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for Department of Health and Human Services secretary and Nancy-Ann DeParle to head the White House Office for Health Reform. Both women have extensive experience in healthcare and the overall praise of stakeholders.
After 10 years, the North American Connectathon is hitting an impressive stride, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise organizers say. As the size of the IHE interoperability demonstration continues to grow, this year’s participants won the admiration of event leaders because they were “confident, well-prepared and cooperative.”
Healthcare IT is a rocket ride under the new stimulus package
Never has there been a time when healthcare IT has garnered this much attention from Washington, this much money from the federal government and this much opportunity to advance.
Act now on stimulus, say IT experts: Only small percentage of hospitals qualify to receive bonuses …
President Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package into law Feb. 18, which includes $20 billion for healthcare IT advancement. Medicare and Medicaid providers who adopt healthcare IT can cash in on an expected $30 billion in net bonuses over the next 10 years.
HIMSS Analytics, a subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, has recognized 15 hospitals with its first Stage 7 Award.
Add electronic medical records to the wares giant retailer Wal-Mart plans to offer soon. Wal-Mart executives announced last month they would have EMRs available for sale by spring.
The people behind Paperfree Tampa Bay foresee the $18 million initiative as President Barack Obama’s vision made good. They have set their sights for the 10-county, 8,000-physician e-prescribing pilot launched Monday on no less than 100 percent adoption. They’ll achieve it, they say, by going to physicians door-to-door and providing the help they need to get on board.
The issue around ownership of electronic health information must be addressed before it can be used to improve healthcare, says a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz County, a California-based independent physician organization and the lead participant in the Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange, has implemented a community-wide virtual health record for its physicians.
Amid the "most perilous time we've ever seen," healthcare IT and innovation can drive fundamental changes in the U.S. healthcare system, David Brailer, MD, former federal healthcare IT czar, told attendees at the Health Tech Investment Forum here on Tuesday.