Healthcare Reform news from FierceEMR
NewsConsumers won't trust government, vendors with health data
Finally, someone is talking about a different kind of healthcare reform than the debate that's raged for the better part of a year over expanding insurance coverage. And this part promises to be even... Read more...
Attention, Congress: You've already done something bipartisan on healthcare
Need help explaining to non-techies why EHRs are the way to go? An in-depth report on EHRs that aired on "CBS Sunday Morning" last weekend provides an awfully good primer about the benefits of EHRs,... Read more...
'JAMA' series attempts to bring EHRs back into reform discussion
It can't be said enough: EHRs alone won't fix healthcare. We got some more peer-reviewed ammunition behind this statement with a pair of articles in this week's Journal of the American Medical... Read more...
Biden, Sebelius, Blumenthal announce funding for EMR extension centers, HIE
Vice President Joe Biden, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and national health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal are in Chicago today to announce $1.2 billion in federal grants to promote EMR use... Read more...
'Most Wired' find ways to cope in bad economy
A common characteristic among this year's list of "100 Most Wired" healthcare provider organizations is the ability to forge ahead with IT projects in the face of economic turmoil, a lengthy to-do... Read more...
Story claims proprietary EMRs could 'screw up' health reform
Washington Monthly, an influential magazine among left-leaning, inside-the-Beltway types, offers a bombshell of an indictment of major EMR vendors in its July cover story, provocatively titled, "Code... Read more...
Op-ed: Don't forget IT in health reform
That may seem like a silly headline, given that Congress has already appropriated a net $19.2 billion in funding for EMRs and other health IT, but Washington, DC, lobbyist Sean Donahue makes the case... Read more...
EMR resistance is more about guarding profits, author says
The reason for the slow pace of adoption of EMRs has less to do with money, technology and technophobic doctors than it does with the healthcare industry's desire to protect its profits by clinging... Read more...
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