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Federal officials responsible for writing the meaningful use rule defended it before a wary congressional panel on Tuesday.
An alliance that claims more than 2,300 community-based hospitals as members is pressing Congress for a legislative fix to the final rule on meaningful use to ensure that every hospital receives its fair share of incentive payments under the HITECH Act.
Borough of Manhattan Community College of The City University of New York (BMCC) and The State University of New York (SUNY) Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC) have been awarded a $3 million U.S. Department of Labor, Community-Based Job Training Grant to help prepare a labor force for new healthcare IT jobs and other high-growth healthcare occupations.
FCC will fund rural healthcare providers that can't afford or find reliable broadband access.
Insight Medical Imaging, an Alberta-based group practice of 20 radiologists, has rolled out a new PACS imaging solution at multiple new work stations.
Officials from a New York-based company that aims to identify "Top Doctors" for consumers said it is developing standards to recognize physicians who have incorporated meaningful use of health IT in their practices.
Several nonprofit health organizations across Wisconsin will receive grants totaling $1 million from the the state's Universal Service Fund (USF) Telemedicine program, Gov. Jim Doyle has announced.
A physician from a small general medical practice in Saugerties, N.Y., is set to testify about his use of healthcare IT before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Tuesday.
South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., reported on Monday that back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial information for approximately 800,000 individuals may have been lost by a data management company that was hired to destroy them.
A Health and Human Services Department advisory panel has taken the first steps to enabling people who are enrolled in federal and state health and social services programs to easily find out if they are eligible for benefits from other programs.