Government & Policy
In opening its health data reservoirs to the public, HHS hopes to breed health IT originality, innovation.
Should the federal government get involved in the design of electronic healthcare record systems? The Office of the National Coordinator has billions of dollars riding on EHR usability.
National coordinator to set up process to expand NHIN beyond current set of mostly federal agencies.
MyHealtheVet PHR for cell phones is one of several projects being pursued to extend VA services to rural beneficiaries.
Patients in four rural Colorado communities will be equipped with some of the most adavnced telehealth services in the country.
HIE HealthBridge launches the Tri-State Regional Extension Center to help 1,700 providers take up electronic health records.
Department to explore using health IT as a means to shift quality incentives at federal safety net clinics.
The fervor over health insurance reform and electronic medical records in the HITECH Act seems to have sucked all the oxygen away from health information technology that is not about direct patient care.
OMB director Orzsag promotes governmentwide use of tool developed by stimulus funding transparency board.
On the eve of issuing its final rule on meaningful use, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid opens program Website.