September 16th, 2008
Some stakeholders are viewing legislation introduced late Monday by House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Fortney (Pete) Stark, D-Calif. — intended to help...
September 9th, 2008
With Congress looking to wrap up its legislative year, industry and nonprofit groups that have pushed for passage of legislation to create a nationwide...
August 13th, 2008
Dear Editor: Your story, ‘Banking on Health IT’ (Government Health IT, July 28, 2008) gives a great overview of the health banking concept as...
August 4th, 2008
Lawmakers and witnesses at a House Committee on Small Business hearing on Thursday discussed various barriers, such as high costs and privacy concerns, to...
August 1st, 2008
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has proposed to give all Minnesotans access to an online personal health portfolio by 2011.
As the first step in this...
July 30th, 2008
The idea of building health record banks to provide simple and secure access to communities’ personal health records is at least a decade old....
July 28th, 2008
The Chicago-based conservative think tank The Heartland Institute has released a scathing critique of the government’s efforts to promote healthcare information technology.
The article, written...
July 28th, 2008
The legislation offers grants and loans for doctors and hospitals to buy information technology. But some experts say the proposed funding levels fall short.
A...
July 28th, 2008
Health information technology legislation passed by a House committee last week is being called a good start in what ultimately is a challenging and...
July 18th, 2008
The Health and Human Services Department has settled complaints over breaches of health information privacy and security rules by a Seattle home health care...
