Image by wallyg via Flickr GE announced today that it will spend $3 billion over the next six years on healthcare innovation that will help deliver better care to more people at lower cost. In addition, the company will commit $2 billion of financing and $1 billion in related GE technology and content to drive [...]
Caution advised when entering agreements for remotely hosted EHR
May 8, 2009 By 6 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Group practices planning to use remotely hosted electronic health records software to qualify for federal economic stimulus payments must take care when entering the contracts, one consultant advises. For example, practices should require that the vendor pay a hefty penalty if its software fails to meet the yet-to-be-defined certification requirements for [...]
Great post helping to define meaningful use from the Health Care Blog
May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image by thinkpanama via Flickr The federal government’s $20 billion stimulus programs for health IT (HIT) is on its way. Called Hitech—for Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act—it will fund the development of innovative HIT and use a “carrot & stick” financial approach to encourage clinicians to use HIT in meaningful ways. [...]
