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A Better Way Forward

Jeff Millter | TIME | October 1, 2012

The recent headline on the Drudge Report screamed, MORE AMERICANS NOW COMMIT SUICIDE THAN DIE IN CAR CRASHES. In a Wall Street Journal opinion article last week, we read about the life of Peter Wielunski, a veteran who, while receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS), took his own life. Another life cut short quite possibly by invisible wounds of war. Read More »

Commentary: The Diminishing Returns Of Big-Data Campaigning

Brian Fung | Nextgov | May 8, 2013

What if we were all wrong about the Obama campaign’s vaunted technological advantage? That’s what two Harvard researchers are suggesting. In a new head-to-head comparison of voter turnout in battleground states, what many believe gave President Obama an edge—his data-driven efforts at getting out the vote—might not have mattered much after all. Read More »

Doctor Seeking Illinois Senate Seat Offers Brutal Diagnosis Of ObamaCare In Viral Video

Perry Chiaramonte | Fox News | October 2, 2012

She's a former nun, an Army major, a lawyer, a college professor and a physician. Now Dr. Barbara Bellar wants to be a state senator from Illinois, and she has one question about ObamaCare. Read More »

Does The Federal CIO Shop Need Bold Vision Or Implementation?

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | September 12, 2012

VanRoekel’s first year in office has told a different story, though, with a pace of new initiatives that matches or exceeds his predecessor’s. With that much transformation in such a short period, Balutis worries, many of the changes implemented in the past four years won’t have time to work their way into the fabric of federal operations, especially if Republican nominee Mitt Romney wins the presidency in November and appoints a third federal CIO.
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Fate Of Health IT Is Not Tied To One Political Party

Dan Bowman | FierceHealthIT | November 12, 2012

Count me among those who don't believe that the health IT world would have come crashing to a halt had Mitt Romney won last week's presidential election. Although the former Massachusetts governor did promise to dismantle healthcare reform had he been elected, he made no such statements about the HITECH Act that mandates hospitals to use electronic health records in a meaningful way. Read More »

Federal Budget Politics: Where’s Health IT Research Going?

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | September 13, 2012

Amidst so much political talk of budget deficits and the role of government, the greater science community is wondering what a Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan budget would mean for federal research funding. Read More »

Healthcare Associations Congratulate Obama, Press Issues For Next Term

Rene Letourneau | Government Health IT | November 8, 2012

Healthcare industry stakeholders reacted quickly to President Barack Obama’s victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Here are some excerpts of comments Healthcare Finance News has received: Read More »

Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work

Reed Abelson and Julie Creswell | New York Times | August 6, 2012

In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital giant HCA, written by a former nurse at one of the company’s hospitals in Florida. In a follow-up interview, the nurse said a doctor at the Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, in the small coastal city of Fort Pierce, had been performing heart procedures on patients who did not need them, putting their lives at risk. Read More »

How The Campaigns Cast A Shadow On HIX, Medicaid — And Why They're Now Poised For Forefront

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | November 14, 2012

Amid all of the politicking by both President Barack Obama and former GOP contender Mitt Romney around healthcare during the campaign season and general election, two of the more divisive pieces of the Affordable Care Act – Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchanges – were inhibited as many Governors waited to learn the election’s outcome. Read More »

Inside Team Romney's Whale Of An IT Meltdown

Sean Gallagher | Ars Technica | November 9, 2012

It was supposed to be a "killer app," but a system deployed to volunteers by Mitt Romney's presidential campaign may have done more harm to Romney's chances on Election Day—largely because of a failure to follow basic best practices for IT projects. Read More »

Is The Presidential Election Healthcare's Own Perfect Storm For EHRs?

Lee Barrett | Government Health IT | November 2, 2012

When two opposing forces collide, the results can be devastating. Earlier this week Hurricane Sandy — a warm air, warm-water storm moving up from the south — met up with a bitterly cold nor’easter, creating a monster storm that battered the East Coast. On the eve of the presidential election, healthcare leaders cannot help but wonder if the industry facing its own perfect storm. Read More »

Is Today the Day When Obama Starts Explaining ACA’s Benefits to Americans?

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | June 28, 2012

Whether you agree with Obamacare or not, it’s quite clear that the current administration has done a rather lousy job spreading the word about its advantages – even tangible benefits that Americans already enjoy. Read More »

Medicaid Nation

Staff Writer | The Economist | August 30, 2012

THE Supreme Court upheld much of Barack Obama’s health reform in June, but struck down an important part. Mr Obama wanted to expand Medicaid, the state-federal programme for the poor, to a broader swathe of Americans. Under current law, state Medicaid programmes only have to cover specific subsets, such as pregnant women... Read More »

No, You Can’t Just Go to the Emergency Room—Unless You Want to Go Broke

Tim Murphy | Mother Jones | October 18, 2013

Or: Why I'm so glad I have health insurance. About three weeks ago I was walking home from the grocery store when a group of teenagers demanded my wallet, cellphone, and—for reasons I can't fully explain—gallon of whole milk. Although I made no effort to resist, I ended up with a laceration on my lip that required stitches, fairly intense swelling on both sides of my head that required X-rays, and a bruised rib. [...]

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Obama Win Means Continued Technology Focus At The Pentagon

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | November 7, 2012

Defense Department cyber, space and network systems will help anchor development of leaner and more agile forces powered by technology during the next four years if President Obama sticks to Pentagon plans unveiled early this year and follows his campaign rhetoric with action. Read More »