On Friday, the Senate passed a bill that would promote the use of healthcare information technology to help prevent medical errors and reduce costs, according to Congressional Quarterly Today.
HSS has awarded four contracts totaling $18.6 million to different groups that will focus on developing prototype Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) architectures which should help in making communication of personal electronic health records be
Healthcare provider pay-for-performance can increase clinical quality and save lives, according to the first year of official data from a national project involving more than 260 hospitals.
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