Stimulus money boosts health clinics serving poor
By KRISTEN WYATT ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Homeless teenagers at a central Colorado shelter are feeling the effect of the government’s economic stimulus package. It’s the...
View ArticleE-Health Records Planned Despite Stimulus Uncertainty
More than 50% of healthcare providers surveyed by IVANS do not believe the federal stimulus package will successfully encourage health IT adoption. By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee InformationWeek Although a...
View ArticleObama Faces Hurdles on Health Care, Stimulus
As President Refocuses on Domestic Agenda, Criticism of His Plans Grows Louder By JAKE TAPPER and HUMA KHAN Back from his overseas trip, President Barack Obama returns his focus to health care and the...
View ArticleStimulus will provide $220 million for health care training
By JOHN MILBURN The Associated Press TOPEKA | U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Tuesday that $220 million in federal stimulus funds will be disbursed to programs across the country to train workers...
View ArticleObama Defends Stimulus, Health Care Efforts
By Adriel Bettelheim President Obama plans to huddle with his Cabinet and top advisers on Friday and Saturday to review lessons learned from his first six months in office. There’s bound to be some...
View ArticleStimulus Money Tapped to Spur EHR Growth
$1.2 Billion Slated for HITECH Priority Grant Programs By News Staff Nearly $1.2 billion soon will be available to help the nation’s hospitals, physicians and other health care professionals purchase...
View ArticleNew York State awards $60M in health IT grants
By John Moore New York State has awarded about $60 million in grants for localized health information technology projects, one of three rounds of grants recently issued under the state’s Health Care...
View ArticleBlumenthal: Stimulus provides strong foundation for HIE
By Neil Versel, Until HHS officially publishes proposed regulations near the end of this year, Dr. David Blumenthal can’t talk publicly yet about what “meaningful use” EMRs will look like, but the...
View ArticleStimulus could boost technology, care at safety net centers
By, Bernie Monegain BETHESDA, MD – Investments in community health centers that provide care for about 15 million people who are poor, underserved and uninsured have helped expand the services,...
View ArticleMedical records system benefits from stimulus funds
By Liv Osby Stimulus money to the tune of $5.6 million was awarded to Health Sciences South Carolina with a goal of getting 1,000 primary care doctors in the state to adopt the new electronic medical...
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