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Mitesh
Mitesh posted a blog entry
How the healthcare industry can increase the number of successful EHR/EMR initiatives
Patty Enrado, Contributing Editor Long before ARRA, more than five years ago, the University of California San Francisco...
1 day ago EMR News | Topics: CCHIT, EHR, EMR, EMR Stimulus...
 
PetLvr
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Healthcare updates, November 30
Research in health and biomedicine is getting a boost through fundings and grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The grants will not only promote research, it will also contribute to the economic recovery by providing jobs for...
 
Mitesh
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Electronic Health Record - Meaningful use rule ‘on target’ for end of year
By Brian Robinson, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still on target to publish by the end of the year a...
 
Mitesh
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Iowa gets $1.6 in ARRA funds for EHR planning
Iowa’s Medicaid program is the first to receive matching federal funds to plan for the implementation of an EHRs incentive...
 
Mitesh
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Blumenthal: Patient Care, Not Tech, Will Drive Meaningful Use
Posted by Mitch Wagner, National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal dropped a big hint about upcoming criteria for...
 
LaurelK
LaurelK posted a blog entry
US Dept of Energy Investing in Small Business Renewable Energy Projects
RenewableEnergyFocus.com, November 25, 2009The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will fund $18 million to support small business...
 
Mitesh
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HITECH ‘Meaningful Use’ More About Improving Patient Care Than Tech Itself
Posted by Lora Bentley Dr. David Blumenthal, the national health IT coordinator, is responsible for doling out government...
 
John H
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RT @CMIOmagazine: MGMA to Blumenthal: ARRA isn’t being implemented properly http://tinyurl.com/yzbb8pz #healthIT
 
Barbara Mathieson
Barbara Mathieson posted a blog entry
A Missing Unemployment Check
We have not received our unemployment checks that should have been in our mailbox last Thursday. Luckily I had s pet sitting...
 
Mitesh
Mitesh posted a blog entry
Health IT panel to heed calls for simpler EHR standards
By Mary MosqueraA panel advising the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) said it will heed the overwhelming...
8 days ago EHR experts | Topics: ARRA, EHR, EHR companies, HL7
 
David Harlow
David Harlow posted a tweet
MGMA ltr to Blumenthal: #HIT $ could be wasted (!) http://bit.ly/7bOZGc * I'm shocked, shocked http://bit.ly/7elol9 #ARRA #HITECH
 
Mitesh
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CMS encourages EHR use for Medicare quality reporting
By Mary Mosquera,Healthcare providers will have the option to use electronic health record systems to report Medicare quality...
12 days ago EHR experts | Topics: ARRA, EHR, EHR companies, Health Care
 
Mitesh
Mitesh posted a blog entry
First Look at ‘Meaningful Use’
HDM Breaking News, By - Joseph Goedert The meaningful use workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee has released its initial...
12 days ago EMR Stimulus Package | Topics: ARRA, EHR, EMR, EMR Stimulus...
 
Shane Vander Hart
Shane Vander Hart posted a blog entry
The Stimulus Package Is So Good…
It’s saving or creating jobs in congressional districts that don’t even exist.Wow, impressive.  ABC News...
 
Mitesh
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CCHIT Continuing Role as Major EHR Certifier Amid HITECH Talks
Although the federal government has yet to release final certification criteria for the “meaningful use” of...
 
Dave
Dave posted a blog entry
Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 16. November 2009
Barrett makes it official: He’s running for governor – JSOnlineBarrett says he’s healed, ready to run for...
 
Sal Taylor
Sal Taylor posted a blog entry
Homelessness Myth #2: "They're All Bums!"
Absolutes can be tricky because there is usually an exception that "proves" or breaks every rule.  We have often heard the...
 
Spreadneck
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Stimulus to fund $400 million in telehealth links, but insurers still reluctant to pay for services
The federal EMR subsidy program doesn't start until fiscal year 2011, but the American Telemedicine Association believes that there will be $400 million available from the economic stimulus legislation over the next six months to set up high-definition...
 
Mitesh
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Blumenthal doesn’t tip hand on meaningful use, highlights non-financial aspects of ARRA
By Neil Versel Dr. David Blumenthal has been national coordinator for health information technology for a little more than six...
 
brady
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Converting to Electronic Health Records: fits and starts
Data and communications are critical contributors to health care. Irecently attended an event covering efforts in my state to...
 
Allen B
Allen B posted a tweet
RT @arra: @ARRA - Barbara Boxer Used Nuclear Option to Push Cap and Trade Through Committee: Last Thursday... http://bit.ly/1iLmJx
 
dmishesq
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Tax News
Sysco's Deal with the IRSRestaurant food supplier Sysco Corp. has finalized a deal with the IRS over the agency's...
 
Paul Dunn
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USDA Rural Development Refinance Funds NOW Available! | USDA Rural Development Home Loans
The USDA Rural Development released a Notice of Funding Availability for USDA Loan Refinance Assistance under the American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009.
 
Paul Dunn
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USDA Rural Home Loans Refinance Funds Now Available
USDA Rural Home Loans ARRA Refinance Funds NOW Available!The USDA released a Notice of Funding Availability for USDA Loan...
 
Paul Dunn
Paul Dunn posted a blog entry
USDA Rural Development Mortgage Refinance Funds Now Available
USDA Rural Development ARRA Refinance Funds NOW Available!The USDA released a Notice of Funding Availability for USDA Loan...
 
GiuseppeC
GiuseppeC posted a blog entry
Affare fatto
Il gruppo Falck accetta il rimborso da parte della Regione Sicilia per il blocco di tre mega termovalorizzatori. Ma si riserva...
 
LaurelK
LaurelK posted a blog entry
Obama Funding $3.4 Billion for U.S. Smart Grid
Globe.Net, October 27, 2009President Barack Obama has announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in...
 
Machiavelli
Machiavelli posted a blog entry
1/2 of a Job, Funded by the Stimulus, Cost $234,000 in Cedar Hill, Texas
In this example, I’m assuming, from the description, that this is considered a “created” job by team Obama. ...
 
Mark Dixon
Mark Dixon posted a blog entry
Identity Trend 7: Regulation and Compliance
This post is the seventh in a series of eleven posts I am writing about key trends in the Identity Management industry. ...
 
Machiavelli
Machiavelli posted a blog entry
Jobs Saved or Created: Cost Per Job by State
Here’s how Recovery.gov pegs the jobs saved or created by state.What I did was to take “funds received” and...
 
Machiavelli
Machiavelli posted a blog entry
The Joke of the Day: Recovery.gov Boasts that it has “Saved or Created” 30,000 Jobs
Let’s look at the reality of Recovery.gov’s boast that it has saved or created over 30,000 jobs in the entire U.S....
 
Machiavelli
Machiavelli posted a blog entry
Good to See the Mainstream Media Catching Up to What The Virtuous Republic Reported Last Week
Last week, I noted in three different posts, here, here, and here, that Stimulus funds were being being given to wasted on...