Of interest to this team (if this hasn't come across your radar
screen yet) ... (01)
Excerpt:
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"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has tapped the
head of Harvard Medical School to oversee President Barack
Obama's health IT plans. (02)
HHS announced Friday that the Obama administration had chosen
David Blumenthal, a Harvard Medical School professor, to become
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Blumenthal's mission is to lead the transition to an
interoperable health IT infrastructure, as outlined in the
stimulus package. (03)
The stimulus plan contains nearly $20 billion for health IT, with
a goal of adopting an interoperable system by 2014. The federal
government has estimated that it could cut health care costs by
$12 billion over 10 years with the modernization. ..." (04)
Full story at:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216200044 (05)
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One might also be interested in reading the commentary by Ron
Preston (InformationWeek) entitled: "Down To Business: Health
Care IT Gets Dragged Into The 21st Century"
at:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/stimulus/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215901331 (07)
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