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Stimulus could boost technology, care at safety net centers
By, Bernie Monegain BETHESDA, MD – Investments in community health centers that provide care for about 15 million people who are poor, underserved and uninsured have helped expand the services, according to new research. The funds sometimes also give technology a boost. The authors of the new study, published in the February 2010 edition of the journal Health Affairs estimate that a $500,000 increase in grant support for all centers [...]
Opinion: Some Stimulus Funding Should Be Directed Toward NHIN
In a Federal Computer Week opinion piece, John Loonsk — chief medical officer of CGI, and former director of interoperability and standards at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and former associate director of informatics at CDC — argues that federal stimulus funding should be directed specifically to the Nationwide Health Information Network. He writes that “without any specific stimulus funding for NHIN, we run the risk [...]
