The Politics of Health Care : February 2009

Consumers Need All of the Facts in the Privacy Debate February 26, 2009 1:06 PM by Frank Irving: Guest commentary by David St. Clair, founder and CEO, MEDecision The economic stimulus package that President Obama has signed contains upwards of $20 billion to create electronic health records for most Americans within five years. The president has Read More...
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Putting Information at the Center of Smarter Health Care February 19, 2009 1:49 PM by Frank Irving: Guest commentary by Wayne Janzen, Executive Information Agenda Consultant for Global Government and Health Care, IBM Health care organizations have made significant investments in IT over the years to improve both patient care and business processes. Read More...
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Thinking Beyond EHRs February 9, 2009 12:22 PM by Frank Irving: Guest commentary from Ned Moore, CEO and co-founder, Portico Systems, Inc. With the passage of the Obama economic stimulus package by the House of Representatives, now in Senate review, there has been a lot of discussion about what the $20 billion slated Read More...
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Cross Your Fingers for Health Care Reform February 5, 2009 1:55 PM by Bob Mitchell: Keep your fingers crossed on health care reform, because a report out today, says that (some) funding in President Obama’s stimulus package might actually be in jeopardy: “Senate Democrats have vowed to strip those measures from the bill. But now moderate Read More...
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