Mary Mosquera
Twenty-eight awards made to fund 'elbow-to-elbow' assistance to providers setting up health IT systems.
Health IT Policy Committee recommends vendors use labels to clarify products are certified for first stage of meaningful use.
Colleges will train health IT workforce, a key to making meaningful use of electronic health records a reality.
Grants to Harvard, Mayo Clinic, Illinois and Texas fund ways to crack health IT's toughest challenges.
Funds will provide extra support to small rural and critical access hospitals in setting up electronic healthcare systems.
Deloitte will assist states with infrastructure, governance and technical operations in setting up health information exchanges.
Thirty-seven Democrats call for HHS to allow providers to defer some meaningful use requirements.
CMS administrator nominee would bring experience in research and public advocacy for patient safety, science and evidence-based medicine.
Digital library would supply providers and vendors basic answers they need to comply with meaningful use.
Public relations campaign designed to educate consumers and providers to build approval and participation in health IT adoption.