January 30th, 2009
Two healthcare information technology experts have penned an open letter to President Obama, warning him against investing too many federal dollars in existing electronic...
January 30th, 2009
The experts quoted are correct that cost, interoperability, difficulty of use, work-flow disruption, and lack of proof of safety/effectivenss are good reasons not to...
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...
December 8th, 2008
Sens. Baucus and Kennedy are working with a bipartisan group on the goal of moving a consensus bill through the Senate next year.
Washington —...
December 5th, 2008
BCBS proposes to Obama transition team a 5 point plan for employer based health IT system.
BCBS contends that President-elect Obama’s plan to build reform...
December 4th, 2008
Network of Supporters Tapped on Health-Care Issues
Barack Obama’s incoming administration has begun to draw on the high-tech organizational tools that helped get him elected...
October 21st, 2008
Advances in Technology create dilemmas.
Obama says technology will save health care, and it’s true that IT is quickly becoming a medical resource: Google, which...
