Government Healthcare: Turning to IT for Transformation

An injection of $19 billion in federal funding for healthcare initiatives, via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will enable government healthcare organizations to leverage technology to improve both the quality and access to healthcare services nationwide.

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Stars Align as Federal Health Information Exchange Takes Off

The work currently under way to connect federal health information systems to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) continues to grow as more agencies move from demonstrating capabilities, to ‘limited production’ in their use of this federal healthcare network.

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Agencies Advised to Get Started, Now

Early adopters of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) offered several tips to help healthcare providers and federal agencies involved in the provision of healthcare information and services.

Read some of the tips Early Adopters of the NHIN have to offer...

Standards Evolve to Aid Healthcare Provision

There’s new urgency to create and improve standards for electronic health records and related applications as federal agencies strive to balance the need to modernize healthcare services to reduce costs, with regulatory requirements to maintain health information privacy.

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Tech Tools Aid in Healthcare Provision

As healthcare costs rise, many government healthcare providers and administrators are increasingly turning to technological solutions to help boost productivity, maximize the efficiency of daily operations, or gain timelier, more accurate clinical trial results.

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