Recovery Room 6/6/10
On May 19th, the HIT Policy Committee held their meeting. Paul Tang and Jodi Daniel presented results and recommendations for the Health IT Strategic Framework…
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Beacon Community Program Update
Back in December 2009, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius announced that it would make available $235 million from the American Recovery and…
Recovery Room 3/28/10
There has been much to report about this month. First, everyone is getting back to business after this year’s HIMSS conference in Atlanta at the…
The Waiting Room – week of 1/3/10
Of course what we were all waiting for was delivered last Wednesday. Now we will be waiting for all the comments to the released rules…
What’s the Buzz?
Dr. David Blumenthal’s new blog “Health IT Buzz” debuted this past Monday on November 23rd. The first post, “Continuing Our Conversation about Health IT…”introduces the…
The Recovery Room – 11/15/09
Dr. Mark Leavitt, chairman of CCHIT announced he will retire in March. He gave personal reasons for his decision to leave. Leavitt has been the…
David Blumenthal, MD Named Head of ONC
Blumenthal will lead efforts of $19 billion in HITECH Act funding David Blumenthal, MD, MPP from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School was named the national…