By Sarah Arnquist The Health and Human Secretary Inspector General's office concluded last week that doctors are likely to order more MRIs if they have business ties with the imaging provider. Shocking, isn't it? Modern Healthcare reports that inspector general's...
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By John Halamka During the decade I've been CIO, IT operating budgets have been 2 percent of my organization's total budget, which is typical for the health care industry. During the same period, IT budgets for the financial services industry...
By Josh Seidman It appears that at least the first phase of personal health record (PHR) certification from CCHIT (Certification Commission on Health Information Technology) will focus on a narrow set of attributes. CCHIT Chairman Mark Leavitt told a group...
By David Kibbe A huge bailout is being planned in Washington to avert a calamity that was brought about, in large measure, by the financial system operating the way financial operators told us it was supposed to function. The money...
