Government & Policy

Barack Obama made a stop in Portland, Maine to discuss his plans for healthcare reform. New Media Manager Chip Means was on the scene to get the opinions of those who lined up for a glimpse of the president.

California picks IT outsourcing firm to tackle most complex state Medicaid Management IS project ever attempted.

Beacon grantees constitute roadmap for productive and measurable uses of health IT at the community level, HHS officials say.

With funding from the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal government is poised to distribute over $21 billion in incentive payments to hospitals and providers to spur the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) and health information exchanges (HIEs).

Maryland's CRISP picks Axolotl platform to let physicians exchange clinical data through an Internet connection.

Health and Human Services Department-sponsored website would work in tandem with planned state health insurance exchanges.

Scripps Health CEO Chris Van Gorder Gorder talks about the IT tools that were useful to his medical team and the information he wished they had access to during three trips to the devastated Haitian capital.

Comments sought on changes to HIPAA requiring providers to account for disclosures of patient data, even for treatment and billing.

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) drops support for HIPAA; retains IT funding for quality programs.

Who will pay what and where the money will come from remains unclear, says market research firm Input.