White House Discussion on Healthcare Reform
Nancy-Ann DeParle, the White House Director of the Office of Health Reform, met with representatives of healthcare companies & community organizations. They discussed health care issues as part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing effort towards health care reform. Go here to watch the C-SPAN video taped from Washington, DC : 2 hr. 5 min.
$19.2 Billion for Healthcare IT
Today, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, H.R. 1.
His signature will provide over $19 billion for health IT. These funds are intended to help stimulate the economy, increase investment in health IT, build a strong IT infrastructure for health care, and expand job growth.
As reported by HIMSS, [...]