Tweet On Friday, January 9, the National Research Council released a draft their report, “Computational Technology for Effective Health Care: Immediate Steps and Strategic Directions” on the state of healthcare IT adoption in America. The 138-page report looks at the level of use of technology in healthcare and recommends that the government encourage healthcare IT [...]
Tweet Here is an interesting blog post from Tim Edwards, who works for M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, on the impact that President-elect Barack Obama will have on healthcare, if all of his healthcare reform plans are enacted. The blog is in response to a webinar held by IBM titled [...]
Tweet According to Neil Versel’s Healthcare IT Blog, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave $1.2 million to the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) to help create e-health iniatives and training around the world, specifically for health informatics and biomedical education. The goal is to connect physicians and medical care givers in developing countries and [...]