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Author Photo Feds Still Seeking 'Meaningful' Feedback
Mar 8, 2010  
Posted by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Want to weigh in the federal government's proposed meaningful use criteria before it's written in stone? Act soon. There's only about a week left to submit your comments to the feds.

Author Photo Wireless Analyst Weighs In On Life After Stroke
Mar 4, 2010  
Posted by Alexander Wolfe

My post on Intel executive vice president Sean Maloney's stroke prompted an e-mail from wireless and telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan, who's himself a stroke survivor. I wanted to bring you the exchange, because I expect it'll open your eyes, the way it opened mine, to the unpredictability of the illness and the recovery period.

Author Photo HIMSS: Meaningful Use Goes Over The Top
Mar 2, 2010  
Posted by Rob Preston

Remember the regulatory rash that broke out several years ago, when every software vendor had just the balm for your HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, and other compliance problems? At this week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Atlanta, the new compliance is "meaningful use" of electronic medical records, with vendors appealing to healthcare providers and other customers anxious to get their hands on the $793 gazillion (or thereabouts) in promised government subsidies.

Author Photo Tips For Getting Money To Fund Health IT Projects
Mar 1, 2010  
Posted by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

The government's HITECH stimulus programs promise to reward healthcare providers billions of dollars for the meaningful use of health IT. But those financial incentives don't begin kicking in till 2011. In the meantime, there are ways to get outside funding to help with your initial technology investment.

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