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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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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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Wireless Carriers Brace for Inauguration Day
January 20, 2009 10:18 AM by Frank Irving
With crowd estimates topping 2 million in and around Washington's National Mall for today's inauguration of Barack Obama, major wireless carriers expect some congestion on their networks. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) has Read More...
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Invited, but Unexpected
December 18, 2008 8:36 PM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Cheryl McEvoy, editorial assistant for ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals . Obama's transition team has extended an open invitation to all Americans to participate in community discussions about health care reform over Read More...
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States Tripled Number of HIT Bills Enacted in 2007-08
December 17, 2008 1:21 PM by Frank Irving
According to a report released last week by the bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), lawmakers around the country introduced more than 370 bills relating to health information technology (HIT) during an 18-month period between Read More...
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New Blog
December 10, 2008 3:37 PM by Frank Irving
With less than six weeks remaining until President-elect Obama's inauguration, this blog's coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign will transition to a new blog titled "The Politics of Health Care." The new blog will be dedicated to coverage of health Read More...
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Election Summary
November 7, 2008 3:40 PM by Frank Irving
It's all over but the shouting. CNN's Election Center 2008 puts the presidential totals at 364 electoral votes for Barack Obama to John McCain's 163. As of 2:00 p.m. on Nov. 7, CNN reported that the vote count in Missouri was still in process, so the Read More...
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Polling Site Projects Large Margin for Obama
October 30, 2008 6:31 PM by Frank Irving
According to analysis posted on Oct. 30, 2008, by electoral projection Web site FiveThirtyEight, Barack Obama will win 344 electoral votes to John McCain's 194 in the Nov. 4 election for U.S. president. A candidate needs to tally 270 electoral votes to Read More...
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Uncommitted Voters Give Obama the Edge in Second Debate
October 8, 2008 10:47 AM by Frank Irving
Following last night's nationally televised square-off between Barack Obama and John McCain in Nashville, CBS News released results of what it described as "a scientifically representative poll of uncommitted voters' reaction to the presidential debate." Read More...
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Athletes Choose Sides Between Candidates
September 9, 2008 7:17 PM by Frank Irving
As reported by L. Jon Wertheim in the Sept. 8 edition of Sports Illustrated , a surprising number of currently active sports figures have publicly endorsed either Barack Obama or John McCain as the presidential campain enters its final stage. The article Read More...
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Breaking News -- GOP VP Pick
August 29, 2008 1:12 PM by Frank Irving
The Associated Press (AP) reported less than 10 minutes ago that John McCain has selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. Palin has been governor less than two years and reportedly has favor among social conservatives. Palin, Read More...
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Health Care Figures Among Obama's Promises
August 29, 2008 11:09 AM by Frank Irving
In accepting the Democratic presidential nomination last night in Denver, Barack Obama spelled out the components of what he called "the promise of America," the idea that "we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation." Read More...
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Obama's E-mail
August 25, 2008 10:59 AM by Frank Irving
About two weeks ago, Barack Obama's campaign organization offered to electronically notify individuals as soon as the Illinois senator had made his running-mate selection. I signed up for the list...not thinking that I would scoop CNN, but wanting to Read More...
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