U.S. to Dole Out $1.2 Billion for Health Records Technology

Washington Post by Robert O'Harrow, Jr. | Aug. 21, 2009 (News)

Biden said about half the grant money would help establish 70 technology-extension centers that will assist hospitals and other medical providers in choosing and utilizing the equipment. The rest is directed to state initiatives to create or expand medical information sharing networks. Billions more is set to flow to doctors, hospitals and other care providers next year in the form of reimbursements for the equipment they buy. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech, Health
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Posted by: Posted by Oliver Jones - Aug 21, 2009 - 7:00 AM PDT
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 by Oliver Jones - Aug. 21, 2009

This story is typical of the journalistic laziness that has allowed the public debate about health-care reform to be swamped by rumors and misinformation. The truth of the matter is that the EHR initiative is based on open-source offerings already in use by the VA that have shown remarkable success in controlling costs while improving veterans' care.

The real issues in this part of the debate are two: --the massive not-invented-here syndrome that guides the thinking of non-VA hospitals --the fact that private-practice physicians have been carefully trained by big pharma to believe that they should be PAID to consider innovations in the way they work. Obviously those are generalizations, and many institutions and practicioners don't follow them. But to get widespread adoption many places and people will demand to be paid. ... More »

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Xenia Pineda
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 by Xenia Pineda - Sep. 30, 2009

There was great information shared although most of what is said are based on estimates. I thought this article was interesting, especially now where much of our news is about the healthcare in the U.S.

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