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 2005

Bush promotes computerized medical records
Associated Press, January 2005
President Bush said Thursday that the medical industry is behind the times, using paper and pen for many records and prescriptions when computerized records could reduce cost and errors.

Support for Leavitt Nomination Comes from Both Sides of Aisle
Medical Devily Daily, January 2005
Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley predict-ed a vote to confirm Leavitt early this week. If confirmed, Leavitt will head the largest department in the federal government. HHS encompasses 300 programs, has 66,000 employees and is budgeted for more than $550 billion.

Health IT Infrastructure Could Net Big Savings
eWeek, January 2005
A national system for electronic health information could save as much as $78 billion dollars a year, or about 5 percent of the current health care spend, according to a study by the Center for Information Technology Leadership, a nonprofit research group focused on health care.

President Discusses Health Care Information Technology Benefits
The White House,January 2005
"I've asked Dr. David Brailer to join us. When we started the process of encouraging information technology to spread throughout health care, and setting the goal that there ought to be -- every patient -- every American ought to have a medical -- electronic medical record within..."


Feds Unveil Medicare Pay-For-Performance Project
Information Week, February 2005
Rewarding health-care providers based on the quality of the care they give is one important way to help drive the industrywide adoption of health-care IT, such as electronic prescribing and digital health-record systems, which can reduce medical errors and costs.

Health IT networks to rely on standards, interoperability
Government Computer News, May 2005
The national health IT czar today listed areas in which industry has agreed to build a foundation for a national health information network.

Revamped Veterans' Health Care Now a Model
Washington Post, August 2005
Researchers laud the VA for its use of electronic medical records, its focus on preventive care and its outstanding results.


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