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Several prominent healthcare professional groups, including America's Health Insurance Plans, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, are set to meet with President Barack Obama Monday to announce a plan to cut healthcare costs by $2 trillion over 10 years.
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.
According to new scientific evidence, a remote exam of a stroke patient performed via videoconferencing is as effective as a bedside evaluation, and a good argument for the increased use of telemedicine for stroke care.
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 Net of Arizona, Inc., a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc., has agreed to a mutli-year contract with Catholic Healthcare West to bolster provider networks in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
According to Bridges to Excellence, a national effort to recognize and reward high-performing physicians, pay-for-performance programs garner greater participation when the rewards are higher.
A new GE project dubbed "healthymagination" will put $3 billion over six years into research and development to launch at least 100 innovations aimed at providing better healthcare while cutting costs.
TELUS, a Canadian telecommunications company, has signed an agreement with the Microsoft Corp. to host and operate the HealthVault platform to provide e-health services in Canada.
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.
Continued adoption of healthcare information technology is critical to healthcare reform, a spokesman for the nation's top corporations told the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.