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A look inside AMA lobbyists' role in the ICD-10 delay

 Alex Bronstein-Moffly April 17, 2012
The battle plan, fought on two fronts, yielded an early if tactical victory in the one-year compliance delay that HHS proposed last week. But is the AMA's war to oppose ICD-10 over?
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7 mobile myths, debunked

 Mike Miliard March 28, 2012
Mobile application developers, in avoiding these misconceptions, improve their chances of creating apps that are truly useful.
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Dems start campaign to tout PPACA benefits

 Tom Sullivan March 13, 2012
The Democratic National Committee this week is beginning a multi-faceted effort to educate voters about how health reform helps them.
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Newt Gingrich on health IT: Then, now and the time between

 Bernie Monegain January 17, 2012
The GOP candidate has taken a long and weaving road to arrive at his current stance concerning health IT's power to transform care delivery, and gained considerable attention, as well as financial profit, along the way.
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Weighing Berwick's top 5 accomplishments at CMS

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org December 02, 2011
Dr. Donald Berwick's 15-month tenure at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was marked by ambitious efforts to improve the nation's health care system.
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What does new leadership at CMS mean for ICD-10 implementation?

 Carl Natale November 28, 2011
It's not a surprise that Donald M. Berwick is resigning as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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A look at Steve Jobs' impact on health IT

 Mike Miliard October 06, 2011
Apple's visionary CEO passed away Wednesday but his legacy will live on -- in healthcare IT, among other realms.
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Time to feel the impact of IT at ground level

 John Morrissey March 01, 2011
The locus of health IT efforts has been in Washington so long—in Congress, at Health & Human Services, in long meetings of policy and standards committees— that you might not notice the scene subtly shifting to the nation's physician offices and hospital corridors and out to the surrounding communities.
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Virtual lifetime electronic hospital

 Peter Buxbaum November 01, 2010
The Veterans and Defense departments open first-ever joint medical center, a model for future military health record system integration.
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Approaches to statewide patient identification: pros and cons

 Scott Schumacher September 30, 2010
Determining the best way to identify patients statewide or nationally is one of the hottest topics of debate within today’s health IT community.
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AHLTA blue

 Julie Bird August 30, 2010
The Air Force is adding clinical support tools and fixing workflow gaps in AHLTA, part of a strategy for preparing the e-health workhorse for its high risk, theater-focused mission.
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Uncle Sam Wants Usability!

 John Morrissey June 28, 2010
The federal government is zeroing in on the need for usability standards as an essential step for accelerating health IT adoption and ensuring the safety of health IT systems.
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Facing adversity, 'a refusal to give up'

 Nicole Lewis April 27, 2010
Despite a tech-impoverished background Surgeon General has history of supporting health IT.
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Obama nominates Berwick to lead CMS

Mary Mosquera April 20, 2010
Pediatrician and policymaker has reputation as an innovator and leader in instituting evidence-based medical practices.
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Virginia creates panel to pursue HITECH funds

 Heather Hayes October 15, 2009
Advisory group to coordinate federal grant opportunities; state health department will manage health IT projects.
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New York City paves way on health IT extension centers

 Mary Mosquera June 01, 2009
The Primary Care Information Project trains providers who tend to the city's underserved use health IT to chart personal care and population health.
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In final remarks, Casscells touts informatics, SOA, small vendors

 Peter Buxbaum April 27, 2009
The departing assistant secretary for health affairs says modular, service-oriented approach to health IT is key to cost and quality control.
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Kolodner to retire from federal government

 Paul McCloskey April 06, 2009
In valedictory, departing national health IT coordinator urges health community to set high bar on use of stimulus funds.
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Sebelius named to head HHS; DeParle will lead Obama health reform push

 Nancy Ferris March 02, 2009
President Obama has nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sibelius as his secretary of Health and Human Services and named Nancy Ann DeParle to head his new White House Office for Health Reform.
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Prospect of big bucks for health IT draws cheers from many

 Nancy Ferris January 14, 2009
In a series of press conferences and similar events in Washington today, business leaders, the informatics community, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease and others expressed enthusiasm for the inclusion of billions of dollars for health IT in the fo
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