CBI Announces the Agenda for Their Upcoming Access Federal Stimulus Incentives for Electronic Health Records Conference

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Allscripts User Conference Draws 2,700, Sets Attendance Record

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Patrick Rummerfield Teams with Eric Westacott Foundation and Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to Help Young Quadriplegic Boy

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Antidepressants aid electroconvulsive therapy in treating severe depression

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InfoLogix and HIA Advise Hospitals How to Obtain Maximum Share of $19B Healthcare Stimulus

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GE Launches Program to Doctors, Hospitals to Accelerate EMR Adoption; First $100 Million of healthymagination Commitment

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Survey Results Show Long-Term Care Providers Wary about Healthcare Reform

... of Established Best Practices and Clarity in the stimulus Bill Cited by Providers as Barriers to Short-Term ... said they expect the government's economic stimulus package to increase use of healthcare information technology, another 52% said the stimulus package will have little or no impact on their ...

Researchers develop light-treatment device to improve sleep quality in the elderly

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Economic Stimulus Funding Will Help Increase Energy Efficiency of Williamsport Hospital

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Perot Systems Announces Special Financing Options for Stimulus Plan Healthcare Technology Upgrades

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Mosaica Partners Briefing Paper Identifies Leading Practices for States and Regions to Leverage ARRA Stimulus Funds for HIE

... "Leading Practices: Leveraging the Economic stimulus Package for Health Information Exchange." ... best forward-thinking approaches for leveraging stimulus funds to move the nation toward better-quality, ... considers to be leading approaches for leveraging stimulus funds. These approaches incorporate proactive ...

TeamStaff Reports Second Quarter Results

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Leading Healthcare Technology Companies Launch National Physician Education Program on Stimulus and Electronic Health Records

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Debtfreeleague.com National Debt Relief Stimulus Plan Fights Recession and Unemployment

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New Economic Impact Study: Obama Administration Implementation of Bush-Era Medicare Regulation Will Cost U.S. $2.5 Billion in Business Activity, Cut Over 30,000 Jobs

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MyMedicalRecords, Inc. Stand-Alone Audited Financial Statements for the Period Ending December 31, 2008 to be Filed with the SEC Today, Monday, May 4, 2009

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Americans United for Life Applauds Missouri's Move to Use Stimulus Funds to Help Pregnancy Care Centers

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Pelosi: Budget is a Blueprint for the Future

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Zix Corporation Reports Highest Revenue Quarter as Company Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

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Consumer Watchdog: U.S. Senate Records Reveal Google Inc. Lobbying Campaign on Personal Medical Records Law Despite Internet Giant's Denials

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China Seeks to Transform Healthcare Sector with Information Technology

... Dynamics Associates Outlines China 's stimulus Plan and Strategy for e-Health Innovation China has announced a $124 billion stimulus package to reform the nation's healthcare sector. ... Beijing's $124 billion (RMB 850 billion) stimulus package will fundamentally upgrade healthcare ...

Brockton Mayor, James E. Harrington Calls Press Conference to Unveil Newly Adopted Auto Emissions Technology Acquired With Federal Stimulus Money

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Speaker Pelosi Visits Florida Health Center

... - Federal stimulus package provides needed economic boost to primary ... which granted more than $10 million in federal stimulus money to fund eight new or expanded community ... our country." The $2.6 million in federal stimulus money granted to South Florida health centers ...

MMR Information Systems, Inc. Announces 250,000 Membership Milestone and Granting of International Patents

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Getting Closer to Controlling Cancer Requires Funding More Laboratories and Commitment Beyond Two Years of New Stimulus, Weiner and Berg Assert in Denver Post Oped

... Weiner and Berg assert, "The federal stimulus legislation signed by President Obama is creating ... are expected to be approved." "In addition, stimulus money provides a useful two-year increase -- and ... meetings" on how to apply for a share of the stimulus money and "maximize the opportunity" this moment ...

Medical EMR Software To Be Subdized In Pres. Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan - Lives Can Be Saved As A Result

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Gold's Gym Passes Massive $22 Billion Fitness Stimulus Package

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Deloitte Survey Finds Healthy Consumer Demand For Electronic Health Records, Online Tools and Services

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Economic Stimulus Law Weakens Americans' Control Over Personal Health Information

... for Health Freedom (IHF) warns that the economic stimulus law (H.R. 1, Public Law No. 111-5) weakens ... their personal health information. "The economic stimulus law plans for every American to use an electronic ... data." "Unfortunately, the economic stimulus law does not guarantee that individuals own and ...

Healthcare CEO Summit Addressing Strategic Implications of Economic Stimulus Package to be Hosted by InfoLogix

... to address the implications of the economic stimulus funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment ... medical records (EMRs), a cornerstone of the stimulus package, as well as the operational and financial ... focus on EMRs and the corresponding economic stimulus funding, hospitals are facing an overwhelming ...

GlobalMedia Provides Free Grant Writing and Application Assistance to Healthcare Providers and Professionals Seeking Their Share of Billions in Economic Stimulus Dollars

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Former House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt to Join MMR Initiative to Promote Immediate Use of Personal Health Records

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HIPAA Amendments Contained in President Obama's Stimulus Bill Among New Sessions Added to HCCA's 2009 Compliance Institute

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Secova Reports Healthcare Provisions In The Stimulus Bill

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Microwize to Hold Free Stimulus Package Workshop for Medical Industry

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HIPAA Amendments in Federal Stimulus Bill Explained During Critical Health Care Compliance Association Two-Part Web Conference

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Urban Health Plan Receives $1.3M from Economic Stimulus Package to Increase Health Care Access in Corona, Queens

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Stimulus Funds Arrive for Doctors, Surgeons & Specialists

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Pennsylvanians Encouraged to Take Another Look at COBRA Options

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RNC: Tax and Spend Fever

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