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Missed point on reform

 David St. Clair July 01, 2009
Recently I attented the Tenth Annual Innovation 2009 Conference in California. One of the issues garnering a lot of attention was the notion that the Obama healthcare reform plan could ultimately wind up creating a government-run insurer.
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Coalition urges Congress to act on healthcare IT legislation

 Bernie Monegain September 10, 2008
In yet another letter in a series of letters the coalition Health IT Now! sent to Congress over several months, the group once again is urging lawmakers to take "immediate" action on healthc...
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House proposes bill to help small physician practices pay for health IT

 Diana Manos May 28, 2008
Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce proposed a bill last week to help doctors pay for healthcare IT and improve patient privacy protection. The bill, currently called "...
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Lots of IT talk, no legislation

 Diana Manos May 05, 2008
Though many on Capitol Hill talk of the benefits of healthcare IT, nothing substantial has been done this year to bring those benefits closer to fruition. Some on the Hill predict this will b...
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Senate and industry leaders push stagnant HIT bill

 Diana Manos April 03, 2008
Senate and industry leaders met on Capitol Hill Wednesday to push a healthcare IT bill that came close to passing by special vote last December but hasn't budged since....
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Hospitals show improved care with mobile clinical assistant

 Bernie Monegain December 04, 2007
The executives of five hospitals today delivered the results of in-house studies that showed a tablet-sized mobile clinical assistant has boosted clinician productivity across the board....
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No time like the present for IT

 Bernie Monegain June 25, 2007
It's time now for healthcare IT. We agree with the group that recently banded under a similar name - Health IT Now! The coalition is so-called, perhaps, because Health IT Yesterday! la...
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Don't give in to lame-duck feeling

 Bernie Monegain April 25, 2007
It's the flu and cold season, and to add insult to injury, along comes the so-called Congressional "lame-duck session." Lame duck session refers to when Congress...
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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

 Jack Beaudoin June 28, 2006
As this issue of Healthcare IT News went to press, there was an uncanny feeling of deja vu. Been there, didn't do that. I'm referring to the hold that Rep...
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House HIT legislation faces obstacles

 Caroline Broder June 23, 2006
Healthcare IT legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives is stalled and unlikely to move before the July 4th congressional recess. Two key committees - House Ways and Mean...
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House subcommittee approves HIT bill

 Caroline Broder May 24, 2006
The House Ways and Means Health subcommittee on Wednesday voted 8 to 5 along party lines to approve legislation that would promote healthcare IT adoption, improving chances that a healthcare IT bill c...
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House HIT bills may be back on track

 Caroline Broder April 28, 2006
Two key House committees are making plans to move forward with healthcare IT legislation. The House Ways & Means Committee in the next two months could schedule a markup of H.R. 4157, a...
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Congress tackles HIT, privacy issues

 Caroline Broder March 16, 2006
Privacy issues took center stage Thursday during a congressional hearing on healthcare IT legislation that would create a uniform privacy standard to simplify the patchwork of state medical privacy pr...
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WASHINGTON WATCH: Making sense of the dollars for healthcare IT

 Caroline Broder March 07, 2006
It's no small feat that, in a year of deep cuts to many healthcare programs in the federal budget, initiatives that promote the use of electronic medical records and other information technology...
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Senate bill falls short for HIT funds, Johnson introduces legislation

 Caroline Broder October 28, 2005
The Senate on Thursday approved the fiscal year 2006 appropriations bill for HHS and the departments of Labor and Education, providing $42.5 million in funding for the Office of the National Coordinat...
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Healthcare IT legislative push continues on Capitol Hill

 Caroline Broder August 31, 2005
Lawmakers returning to Congress in September will continue a push for healthcare information technology legislation as a way to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient care....
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House lawmaker to introduce healthcare IT legislation

 Caroline Broder July 26, 2005
Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) is crafting healthcare IT legislation, bolstering the chances for Congress to pass a bill aimed at encouraging widespread use of technology in healthcare....
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Pay-for-performance plan gets mixed reaction at congressional hearing

 Caroline Broder March 17, 2005
A congressional advisory body's proposal to financially reward physicians based on certain clinical performance measurements received mixed reviews on Capitol Hill this week. Du...
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IT movers and shakers to watch in 2005

 Bernie Monegain January 03, 2005
In the spirit of looking ahead to 2005 and with high hopes for healthcare information technology in the new year, we asked a few of the movers and shakers in the industry to identify some other movers...
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