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Act or wait?

 Diana Manos February 03, 2010
With the release of the proposed rule on meaningful use, the glimmering potential of $44,000 in maximum bonuses for qualifying physicians is that much closer.
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State of the Union speech omits mention of healthcare IT

 Diana Manos January 28, 2010
Healthcare IT has been highlighted over the past four years in State of the Union speeches, though President Barack Obama made no mention of it in his Wednesday night speech. Some stakeholders defend the Administration's support of health IT, while others question it.
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On healthcare reform, jobs and innovation

 Aneesh Chopra December 31, 2009
To emerge from the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, we are depending on entrepreneurs and start-ups – young and small businesses – to do what they have historically done for the United States: fuel economic growth by creating a disproportionate share of the new jobs we need. As President Obama’s chief technology officer, I devote much of my energy to creating a fertile environment for high-technology start-ups in areas like information technology, clean energy, biotech, transportation, manufacturing, and robotics.
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NewsMakers: The Year in Review

 Healthcare IT News Staff December 03, 2009
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A Message to America's Physicians: Purchasing EHR Technology A Shaky State of Affairs

 David Kibbe October 30, 2009
Much of the conversation and debate about physician EHR adoption has centered on the single issue of the (high) cost of purchase. However, we'd like to suggest that the situation is much more complex and involves several more subtle variables.
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A Message to America's Physicians: Purchasing EHR Technology A Shaky State of Affairs

 Brian Klepper October 30, 2009
Much of the conversation and debate about physician EHR adoption has centered on the single issue of the (high) cost of purchase. However, we'd like to suggest that the situation is much more complex and involves several more subtle variables.
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Sound Surgical Technologies presents paper on ultrasound technology

 Industry News Release June 03, 2009
Dr. Mark E. Schafer, Chief Technology Officer at Sound Surgical Technologies LLC and internationally recognized expert in ultrasonic technology, recently presented a paper on high intensity focused ultrasound at the 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Portland, OR.
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Blog - Certifying Health IT: Let's Set the (Electronic Health) Record Straight

 Mark Leavitt, MD May 26, 2009
For months, I've been "turning the other cheek" to Dr. David Kibbe because I believe in devoting my energy to solving problems rather than to criticizing other people or worrying about what others think of me. But his repeated use of falsehoods and innuendo to attack CCHIT have found an audience in the national media, reaching a level that can no longer be ignored.
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Microsoft CEO calls for rebirth of healthcare, with IT at center

 Bernie Monegain May 08, 2009
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer earlier this week called for a revamping of the nation's healthcare system and noted that information technology could drive the change.
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No starry-eyed leaders here

 Bernie Monegain April 27, 2009
Editorial from Editor Bernie Monegain
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Docs use ‘green’ IT

 Healthcare IT News Staff March 25, 2009
There’s more than one way to go green. Kevin Harris, director of IT at KSF Orthopaedics Center in Houston, picked virtualization.
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Obama says IT is critical to transforming healthcare

 Bernie Monegain March 25, 2009
During a prime-time White House press conference Tuesday night, President Barack Obama reiterated his commitment to healthcare reform and stood firm on his assertion that healthcare IT must to be at the crux of reform.
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Can HIT help with payment reform?

 Joseph C. Kvedar, MD March 16, 2009
The two biggest healthcare-related themes coming out of the Obama Administration these days are investments in HIT and payment reform.
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Obama to Congress: healthcare reform must not wait

 Diana Manos February 25, 2009
President Barack Obama told Congress Tuesday night that healthcare reform must be addressed this year. In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, he called for a three-pronged approach to saving the economy that includes healthcare reform and investments in energy and education.
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The Medical Records Institute is no more

Neil Versel February 23, 2009
Following a disappointing turnout at the 25th annual TEPR conference earlier this month, C. Peter Waegemann and Claudia Tessier are moving from the Medical Records Institute to the recently created mHealth Initiative, effectively ending the organization Waegemann founded in the mid-1980s.
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IT pledge has market on pins and needles

 Eric Wicklund February 02, 2009
President Barack Obama’s pledge to inject $50 billion into the healthcare field over the next five years to develop and support technology has many in the industry wondering how and where that money might be spent.
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Blog: Hail to the Chief!

 John Halamka, MD January 20, 2009
(By John Halamka, MD) It's inauguration day. The energy is palpable. Dozens of people have emailed me about their sense of optimism, their commitment to personal responsibility, and their "Yes We Can" attitude toward the audacious healthcare reform work ahead.
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George R. West appointed president of H2O Applied Technologies

 Industry News Release January 08, 2009
H2O Applied Technologies today announced that it has named George R. West President of the Company.
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It's important to stay in touch - networking

 Healthcare IT News Staff November 03, 2008
So you're now established in your career, comfortable and feel job security. Suddenly, you are the one that gets the pink slip and you're devastated. You ask why didn't I keep in tou...
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Green with IT

 Bernie Monegain September 28, 2008
As new hospitals are built these days - or retrofitted - they more than likely include 'green' initiatives - a little something or a big something that makes building ope...
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