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NewsAllscripts' CEO pushed for meaningful use
It's well known in health IT circles that Allscripts Healthcare Solutions CEO Glen Tullman was an early supporter of the campaign of President Barack Obama. He had fellow Chicagoan Obama's ear during Read more...
DoD health nominee says EHR development is a top priority
Dr. Jonathan Woodson, President Obama's nominee for assistant secretary of defense for health affairs--the top physician at the Pentagon--says that developing an advanced EHR at the Department of Read more...
Hospital-based docs now eligible for MU bonuses; bill seeks expansion to mental health
Physicians in hospital-based outpatient clinics now are eligible for federal EMR incentive payments, as President Obama has signed into law legislation that removes a restriction in the American Read more...
Accenture physician: National goal of 'universal' EMR adoption not realistic
Well, it needed to be said. With only 6 percent of office-based physicians using fully functioning EMRs, according to the most recent CDC statistics, it's not exactly likely that all citizens will Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Reasonable expectations for EMRs
With all the rhetoric, vitriol and polemic being bandied about, we really can't have enough reality checks when it comes to healthcare reform. In that spirit, FierceHealthIT editor Anne Zieger Read more...
Blumenthal: Even older doctors will learn to embrace EHRs
Dr. David Blumenthal, President Obama's choice as national coordinator for health IT, believes that his fellow physicians ultimately will rise to the challenge of adopting electronic health records Read more...
MA leads the way in national EMR effort
National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. David Blumenthal is a Harvard man; so is health IT's Energizer Bunny, Dr. John Halamka. The architect of President Obama's health IT plan was Harvard economist Read more...
Physician says EMR backers are overstating their case
At least one physician believes there simply isn't enough evidence right now to support President Obama's claim, based on a 2005 Rand Corp. study, that a nationwide system of interoperable electronic Read more...
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