Government & Policy
Accenture survey of 519 consumers found that 93 percent expect electronic medical records to improve the quality of care.
Bob Dickson, a vice president at Acquisition Solutions, will work closely with Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik and Associates.
The sponsors of two major Senate bills to promote health information technology have joined forces, merging the two major bills.
The new group will fall under CDW Government's management and will spend this year creating a marketing strategy.
Integrator will provide system development and maintenance, other services, for state's systems.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants public input on what role it and its vast storehouse of data on Medicare beneficiaries should play in the development of personal health records.
A high-level commission, to be chaired by HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, will include 17 members from government and the private sector.
IT coordinator office funding cut by 40 percent to $45.2 million.
About 200 companies have expressed interest in contracts for developing prototypes for the National Health Information Network.
New York City's Department of Health could mandate automatic transmission of blood sugar tests to a patient registry.
