The ability of healthcare systems to seamlessly exchange data is a top priority for the government, HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt on Wednesday told Senate lawmakers."Recognize t...
The U.S. Senate as early as next week could consider legislation that aims to spread information technology adoption in healthcare after a key Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bipartisan healt...
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved $95.2 million for healthcare information technology as part of a $146 billion fiscal year 2006 spending bill, falling short of the $125 million...
Four high-profile Senate leaders will combine two competing healthcare information technology bills in a move to bolster the chances of passing healthcare IT legislation. Senators plan to resolve diff...
Lawmakers are likely to fast track healthcare IT legislation introduced in the Senate last month, congressional staff on Thursday told an Institute of Medicine committee.In late...
A bipartisan group of senators introduced two separate bills Thursday that would encourage adoption of information technology in healthcare and take steps toward rewarding providers under Medicare for...
Information technology's use in healthcare could save the system billions of dollars and improve patient care, but misaligned financial incentives, the cost of the technology and a lack of agreement o...
Several high-profile U.S. senators plan to introduce two separate healthcare bills Thursday that would encourage healthcare IT adoption and take steps toward rewarding healthcare providers that meet c...
Members of the U.S. Senate are exploring the possibility of a caucus that would advance legislation on healthcare information technology-related bills. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-M...
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) today introduced bipartisan legislation designed to create a healthcare information technology system where data can be...
Two members of Congress on Wednesday introduced bi-partisan legislation aimed at driving information technology adoption within the healthcare industry through grants and loans to fund regional health...
Expect most healthcare-IT related activity around Washington this month to come from the Bush administration.HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt in the next few weeks is expected to announce a 500-day plan for...
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) will call on members of Congress to support funding for healthcare information technology projects through a "dear colleague" letter he is circulating on Capitol Hill....
Score one for healthcare information technology issues on Capitol Hill. In what may be the first major gift to healthcare IT organizations this year, the Senate Budget Committee...
The Senate Budget Committee on Thursday passed a resolution that establishes a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support investments in healthcare information technology and pay-for-performance programs...
By all measures, the early days of 2005 in Washington, D.C., policy circles signaled a very promising start for the healthcare information technology industry.Senate Majority Le...
Healthcare information technology advocates say incoming Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, who was confirmed Wednesday by the Senate, is likely to be a strong supporter of healthcar...
The federal government this week is expected to publish proposed regulations for developing standards to support electronic prescriptions.The notice of proposed rule-making is e...
Senate leaders from both parties last week introduced legislation aimed at healthcare reform that addresses the need for greater use of information technology in healthcare. Sen...
Medical transcriptionists are responding to a variety of pressures surrounding the portability of digital clinical information and their roles in handling it. Part of that...
