Diana Manos
President Barack Obama’s expanded fiscal year 2010 budget signals continued commitment to advancing healthcare IT as a way to cut healthcare costs and save lives.
The Health IT Standards Committee, headed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, kicked off Friday, facing what members called challenging deadlines.
The White House has released President Barack Obama's expanded fiscal year 2010 budget, with a continued commitment to advancing healthcare IT as a way to cut healthcare costs and save lives.
David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health IT, announced Friday the final members of two panels established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) – one dealing with policy and another with standards.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told members of the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday that health reform is not contingent merely upon health IT adoption, but on health IT interoperability.
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and responsible for leading healthcare reform efforts, said Monday that health IT will be key in containing costs to pay for reform.
Wednesday marks President Barack Obama's 100th day in office - a stretch that has seen heavy focus on healthcare reform and health IT.
Interest in healthcare IT adoption has surged forward recently, but the industry needs to stay focused on interoperability, cautioned experts at the World Health Care Congress.
At HIMSS09 held in Chicago last month, the two words I heard most were, “meaningful use.
The stage is set for unprecedented healthcare reform possibilities, with many of the key leaders now in place. David Blumenthal, MD, took his new position as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on April 20. For the first six months, healthcare IT leader John Glaser, CIO of Partners Healthcare, will advise him on how best to approach the HITECH Act within the stimulus package.