2. Categories

      All Articles: Industry News, IT Buzz, Thought Leadership, Trends in End User Experience
      Health Care: EHR Adoption, EHR Meaningful Use
      End User Experience: Cloud Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Meaningful Use, Server Based Computing (SBC)
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      Green IT Initiatives: Green Desktop Virtualization, Green End User Experience

  5. Quotes

    1. “ As important as the specific incentives to providers have been, the electric shock that the meaningful use legislation has delivered to the IT market as a whole [has changed the market]. ”
      In Blumenthal: Meaningful use charged health IT market
    2. “ Every time you get to one peak, you get a new vision and see new peaks. ”
      In Blumenthal: Meaningful use charged health IT market
    3. “ HIE is a team sport…You can be the Tom Brady of health IT but unless you have a receiver down the field to receive what you want to send, you may as well hang up your cleats. ”
      In Blumenthal: Meaningful use charged health IT market
    4. “ May 18 is when I'm told Medicare expects the first payments to meaningful users to roll out. ”
      In Blumenthal: Meaningful use charged health IT market
    5. “ Meaningful use is no longer a hope or a theory. It is a working, operating program. A reality. ”
      In Heavy Hitters Hit HIMSS Stages To Stump for Health IT
    6. “ To take advantage of it, the health IT community has to rise to the challenge. ”
      In Heavy Hitters Hit HIMSS Stages To Stump for Health IT
    7. “ At ONC we are gratified that such sizeable percentages of physicians and hospitals intend to take the plunge — and to take the plunge sooner rather than later. ”
      In EHR Adoption Picks Up Speed
    8. “ Now is the time. ... Never again will the same level of resources and talent be devoted to helping providers make the switch to health IT. ”
      In ONC: Now Is the Time for Health IT
    9. “ At ONC we are gratified that such sizeable percentages of physicians and hospitals intend to take the plunge - and to take the plunge sooner than later. ”
      In ONC: Now Is the Time for Health IT
    10. “ The incipient surge in EHR adoption is galvanizing, especially for those of us who are committed to making the transition from paper-based medical records to EHRs as seamless and as successful as possible for every provider. ”
      In ONC: Now Is the Time for Health IT

  6. Quotes about David Blumenthal

    1. “ I commend the group under Dr. David Blumenthal. They did a great job. They really executed well against a really short timeframe and used a lot of common sense. ”
      In Meaningful use rules win positive reactions from EMR, healthcare providers
    2. “ I commend the group under Dr. David Blumenthal. They did a great job. They really executed well against a really short timeframe and used a lot of common sense. ”
      In New EMR meaningful use rules praised

  1. David Blumenthal

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    2. What Did Health IT Pros Accomplish in 2011?

      Explore techweb.com (Jan 18 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      What Did Health IT Pros Accomplish in 2011? ...ational Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) on April 8, 2011, after predecessor Dr. David Blumenthal stepped down. He had served as deputy coordinator for programs and policy since 2009. [For more bac... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   David Blumenthal   Farzad Mostashari

    3. Predictions 2012: Not What You Think

      Explore Healthcare IT News (Jan 12 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ... Changing of the Guard as Dynamic Duo Departs Last year we predicted the departure of ONC head, Dr. David Blumenthal. This year is an election year and it is expected that there will be a significant changing of the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   CIO   Supreme Court

    4. Q&A: Blumenthal Talks EHRs, Healthcare Reform

      Explore techweb.com (Oct 26 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...le at InformationWeek 1 2 3 During his two-year stint as National Coordinator of Health IT, Dr. David Blumenthal oversaw the development and implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's $27 bill... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Washington   Boston   Congress

    5. US Doctors Getting Annoyed with Electronic Health Records?

      Explore IEEE Spectrum Online (Oct 4 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...automation and the degradation of airline pilot skills. Even with all these negatives, however, Dr. David Blumenthal, the former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and now a Harvard Medical School... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   New York Times   MIT   Bloomberg

    6. Guest Column: Could RFID Help Support Electronic Health Records?

      Explore RFID Solutions (Jul 12 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...ly to begin the process of building infrastructure and support for EHR deployment. According to Dr. David Blumenthal, who has been appointed by President Barack Obama as National Coordinator for Health Information Te... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Barack Obama   Arra   Electronic Health Records

    7. Why It's Okay That EHR Adoption Will Fall Behind 2011 Goals (Guest Opinion)

      Explore Kaiser Health News (Jul 7 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...ancial bonuses authorized by Congress in the HITECH portions of the economic stimulus bill of 2009. David Blumenthal, the former national coordinator, had hoped large numbers of doctors and hospitals would adopt EHRs... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Congress   Electronic Health Records   David Blumenthal

    8. IT isn't driving up health costs, but it could help lower them

      Explore fiercehealthit.com (Jun 13 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      IT isn't driving up health costs, but it could help lower them ...ange as Geisinger is. That said, I agree with healthcare thought leaders, including former ONC head David Blumenthal and Medicare Administrator Don Berwick, when they say that health IT is essential to transforming t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gartner   Obama administration   Electronic Health Records

    9. Blumenthal: Meaningful use charged health IT market

      Explore CMIO.net (May 9 2011) Meaningful Use

      Blumenthal: Meaningful use charged health IT market ...ningful use legislation has delivered to the IT market as a whole [has changed the market],” stated David Blumenthal, MD, Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and professor of health policy at Harvard Medical School... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Washington   Boston   Electronic Health Records

    10. Federal Government Employs 'Carrot-Stick' Approach to EHR Adoption

      Explore Home Page (Apr 1 2011) Trends in End User Experience , EHR Adoption , EHR Meaningful Use , Meaningful Use

      Federal Government Employs 'Carrot-Stick' Approach to EHR Adoption ... this is a really hard thing -- maybe they are not at that place or they don't have the resources." David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, says physicians in small... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Texas   Congress   Electronic Health Records

    11. Health Information Technology: The Work Is Only Beginning

      Explore Health Affairs (Mar 25 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...y Beginning March 25th, 2011 by Mark Frisse Mark Frisse View Biographical Info Editor’s Note” As David Blumenthal prepares to step down as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, where does the... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   David Blumenthal   ONC   Health Information Technology

    12. The Buzzword For HIMSS11 — ACOs

      Explore Healthcare Technology Online (Feb 25 2011) Trends in End User Experience , EHR Meaningful Use , Meaningful Use

      ...FL). It boasted a lineup of influential keynote speakers (e.g. Robert Reich, Kathleen Sebelius, Dr. David Blumenthal, and Michael J. Fox). And, it broke attendance records with 31,225 attendees. However, all of these... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Motorola   Microsoft Windows   Apple

    13. IT companies have vested interest in success of healthcare reform

      Explore fiercehealthit.com (Feb 24 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      IT companies have vested interest in success of healthcare reform ...Email * Print * Comment * Contact Author * Reprint * Tags HHS Google Mike Leavitt Healthcare Reform David Blumenthal Kathleen Sebelius HIMSS11 Health IT has been one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in recent... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   GOP   Obama

    14. Heavy Hitters Hit HIMSS Stages To Stump for Health IT

      Explore ihealthbeat.org (Feb 24 2011) Industry News , EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...and the Chaplin Theatre to hear HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal and U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin discuss federal efforts to advance health IT. Shortly afte... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Obama   Alabama   Electronic Health Records

    15. Blumenthal's departure will not derail federal health IT

      Explore fiercehealthit.com (Feb 7 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      Blumenthal's departure will not derail federal health IT ...als into a concrete program for increasing EHR adoption and interoperability will ...and more » Dr. David Blumenthal, who announced late last week that he's leaving his post as National Coordinator for Health IT in t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   White House   America   Stanford

    16. Blumenthal To Step Down as National Health IT Coordinator

      Explore ihealthbeat.org (Feb 4 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...accelerated during [Blumenthal's] tenure," adding, ...and more » National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal will resign in the spring to return to his tenured faculty position at Harvard Medical School, Kais... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Boston   CIO   FDA

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