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November 27, 2008
Health IT is the Foundation of the Hospital of the Future according to the Joint Commission
Analysis of: Joint Commission Urges IT Adoption, Major Changes for Hospital of the Future | www.healthcareitnews.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The Joint Commission has stated emphatically in a recent report that Health IT will be the foundation for the Hospital of the Future.  The report is the work of an expert panel comprising hospital executives and clinical leaders, as well as experts in technology, healthcare economics, hospital...
November 24, 2008
Group of 28 Healthcare Stakeholder Organizations Join Together to Promote Reform
Analysis of: Group Offers Fixes for Health Care System | www.startribune.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
A wide ranging coalition of 28 of the nation's leading organizations providing, purchasing, consuming and evaluating healthcare came together in Washington this week to launch an aggressive effort to transform the nation's healthcare system.  No less than the AMA, AHA, AARP, AFL-CIO, Joint Commission,...
November 18, 2008
Bullish on the Growth of this Therapeutic Sector
Analysis of: FDA: No link between bone drugs and heart problems | money.cnn.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
One more hurdle passed by what could be one of the fastest growing therapeutic treatment sectors over the next 20 years.
November 17, 2008
Hospitals' Electronic Records Adoption Rate Even Lower than Thought
Analysis of: Survey: Hospital EHR Adoption Rate is Below 12% | www.govhealthit.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The same Harvard researchers who reported in the "New England Journal of Medicine" last July that only 4% of physicians had adopted "full functional" electronic health records reported this week to the HHS Secretary that only 1.7% of hospitals have adopted such records in all their departments. ...
November 12, 2008
Many Key Healthcare Players Will See Drop
Analysis of: Hospitals See Drop in Paying Patients | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Not just hospitals, but many players will see receivables drop including wellness and disease management companies, imaging diagnostics and labs, and soon manufacturers.
November 10, 2008
President Obama Could be Santa Claus for Health IT Companies
Analysis of: Healthcare Tech Companies Could Benefit from Obama Plan | money.cnn.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
President-Elect Obama made reforming the U.S. healthcare system a central plank of his campaign.  A key initiative calls for spending $10 billion a year over the next five years ($50 billion total) to computerize health records and prescribe more treatments digitally. 
November 3, 2008
Health IT may be at Least Near the Front Burner in the new Congress in 2009
Analysis of: Congressional Democrats are Drafting a New Health IT Bill | www.govhealthit.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Although dealing with the financial crisis will still occupy much of the time and focus of the new Congress and President early in 2009, the need to control the costs of healthcare will not be far behind.  Both candidates for President are pushing for much more health IT as critical to achieving...
October 27, 2008
Health IT About to Become a Global Force for Change
Analysis of: Prescription for Change | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The health care industry is on the brink of joining the 21st Century (or at least the late 20th Century).    Healthcare is about to undergo a global revolution that it can no longer resist with information technology as the fuel.  This transformation will occur because the previous barrier...
October 20, 2008
Despite Bailout, Feds Still Have Cash Left for Physicians to Implement Electronic Records
Analysis of: Small Practices to get Financial Boost with new Health IT Incentive Program | www.healthimaging.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Even after the trillion dollars which the federal government has had to spend to prop up the nation's financial system during the past month, it still has some real money left to subsidize the costs of physicians in smaller practices willing to implement electronic records.  With electronic records...
Richard BalandOctober 14, 2008
Winners and losers in Healthcare IT
Analysis of: Stark Offers Bill to Hasten e-record Adoption | modernhealthcare.com
Author: Richard Baland, Partner, B2B CFO
This will soon be the best time in history to be selling Healthcare IT software and services. More money will be spent in the next three years than ever before. It may not be the best time for the staff at many hospitals. The staff are woefully unprepared for a quantum leap in Healthcare Technology

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