January 15th, 2009
The economic stimulus package under development by President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats likely will cost almost $850 billion, including up to...
January 15th, 2009
Privacy and civil liberties advocates are urging lawmakers working on the forthcoming economic stimulus package to ensure that any language to ...
January 12th, 2009
A panel of health industry experts urged Congress Monday to include health information technology measures in the economic stimulus package widely expected to become...
January 4th, 2009
In his Dec. 22 op-ed, “Connecting the Medical Dots,” Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt made some good points about the need for...
December 24th, 2008
The multi-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan renews patient privacy issue debate.
The plan to add health information technology to the multibillion-dollar economic stimulus package legislators are...
December 23rd, 2008
“No privacy, no peace” could be a slogan we’ll hear a lot during the 111th Congress when it convenes next year.
Members of both houses...
December 22nd, 2008
Congress is considering adding money for health information technology to January’s stimulus package.
Doing so could spur a critical mass of the nation’s doctors to...
December 19th, 2008
BusinessWeek reader William Yasnoff says Obama must make electronic medical records a top priority in his economic stimulus plan.
The current worldwide financial crisis is...
December 18th, 2008
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D- RI), co-chairman of the 21st Century Health Care Caucus, on Wednesday said he is optimistic that legislation would be passed...
December 16th, 2008
Contracts naturally come in all sizes, shapes and flavors. Here’s one that’s just plain fascinating.
“U.S. Department of Defense Chooses Phase Forward to Support FDA-Sponsored...
