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U.S. Health IT czar optimistic for EHR goal set by Bush
Despite widespread suspicions, Robert Kolodner, head of Healthcare and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT, said that the United States is currently on track to meet President Bush’s goal of deploying interoperable EHR capabilities throughout the United States by 2014.
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HHS to propose $13 million grant for AHIC successor
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed that a grant of up to $13 million be awarded for the design, creation and operation of a successor entity to the American Health Information Community (AHIC).
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California offers $25 million in health IT grants
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said this week that $25 million in new grants for healthcare technology projects would be awarded to underserved parts of the state in order to expand access to specialty doctors.
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Congress will fund VA health IT improvements
When the lawmakers from the U.S. House and Senate return from their summer recess, they are set to approve unprecedented spending for the Department of the Veteran Affairs (VA), which includes funding for electronic health records (EHRs) and information systems.
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U.S. medical error reporting system to go live in 2008
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) national voluntary system for reporting medical errors should be established and running by the middle of 2008, according to the acting director of AHRQ's Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, William Munier.
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