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Achieving Meaningful Use
November 17, 2009 11:33 AM by Frank Irving

Guest commentary from Celwyn C. Evans, a senior partner at Greencastle Associates Consulting in Malvern, Pa. With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Read More...

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Will the Weight of EMRs Break IT?
April 9, 2009 4:53 PM by Frank Irving

Guest commentary from Alex Adamopoulos, executive vice president and COO of Exigen Services Pulling together as a nation to overhaul an aging, often paper-based medical records system is long overdue. We can all agree it will create jobs, pump money into Read More...

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For EHR Implementation, the Time to Act is Now
March 26, 2009 2:37 PM by Frank Irving

Guest commentary from Thomas L. Pettibone, founder and managing partner of Transition Partners. President Obama's economic recovery package allows for billions of dollars for health care IT investment. As the recovery package begins to be distributed, Read More...

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EHR Rework Ahead
March 25, 2009 11:27 AM by Frank Irving

A large majority of readers -- 65 percent -- who answered ADVANCE 's online opinion poll during the past month said they need to rework their existing EHR plans in light of the HIT provisions of the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Read More...

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Change Can’t Happen with Technology Alone
March 3, 2009 11:39 AM by Frank Irving

Guest commentary by Michael L. Cowan, MD, chief medical officer at BearingPoint and former surgeon general of the U.S. Navy It's official. The economic recovery package has been signed and $19 billion is marked for health information technology. But, Read More...

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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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