Writing on the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Health IT Buzz Blog, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology said that today’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) award of over $160 million in federal funds for “meaningful use” of health IT was “a key step” toward establishing a national Health Information Exchange. He [...]
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On the HHS’ Health IT Buzz blog, Dr. Joshua Seidman writes about the Regional Extension Centers announced February 12th, and their upcoming expansion. “In the coming weeks, ONC will be rolling out more components of our HIT Extension Program. In particular, we’ll keep you apprised of our plans for the HIT Research Center (HITRC) that [...]
Call it serendipity. It was Fall 2008, and Melissa Chapman was attending a healthcare IT conference. Featured was a new technology that allowed a diverse set of healthcare organizations — including the VA, Social Security Administration, MedVirginia and the Indian Health Service — to securely share vital health information on-demand. Chapman was thrilled. The Federal [...]
$20 Billion in UK healthcare IT spending for Google or Microsoft? In the UK, Conservative Party leader David Cameron has made it clear that he wants to scrap the Labour Party government’s “centrally determined and unresponsive” plan for a $20 billion national health data network, in favor of Google Health or Microsoft HealthVault, according to [...]
