From the monthly archives:
December 2009
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HHS Announces Additional $38 Million in Grant Funding to Support Health IT Workforce Development
December 28, 2009As the adoption of EHRs and other health IT surges, the need for a strong health IT workforce also grows. In response to this need, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in the Department of Health and Human Services ...
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Telehealth: An Emerging Field in Health IT
December 22, 2009Telehealth is an emerging field that links patients and physicians across the country and beyond via video and health information technology. The telecommunications giant AT&T is investing heavily in this growing "telehealth" industry. For the past year, AT&T scientists have focused on the home health ...
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New Program to Advance Health IT Research
December 21, 2009On Friday, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, announced a new program to encourage innovation in health IT. Through the HITECH Act, $60 million will fund projects for the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program to support health IT research. ...
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ONC Meeting Update
December 17, 2009The ONC Health Information Technology Policy and Standards Committees were hard at work at a meeting in Washington on Monday. The HHS website has posted the agenda and presentations from many of the Policy Committee workgroups, including the workgroups for: Meaningful use, Certification/adoption, Health exchange, NIHN, and Strategic planning.
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