Report: More research needed for Medicaid to use health IT
"Medicaid can have an influential role in the adoption" of health IT and health information exchanges, according to the new report from the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. It also states that health IT could increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Medicaid programs, which the states operate with substantial federal support.
House health IT bill gets support in hearing
The Bush administration, Patient Privacy Rights and others take issue with certain provisions, but most House health subcommittee witnesses generally give the bill high marks.
(Posted June 4, 2008)
News, Analysis, & Opinion on Impact of Government on Health IT
The quest for value
As policy-makers struggle to measure the benefits of health IT, some experts suggest it’s time to move beyond the emphasis on saving money, reports senior editor Nancy Ferris.
From the battlefield to the home front: Managing medical data
Government Health IT presents Col. Claude Hines Jr., program manager for the Defense Health Information Management System, in this recent InSight eSeminar. Col. Hines discusses the health information technology and tactical challenges faced by the military medical community in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of conflict. In doing so, he describes the current information technology solutions for transferring clinical data between battlefield care givers to health care personnel at military treatment facilities worldwide.
