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  3. About Obama

    Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (bəˈɹɑːk huˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə; born August 4 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

    Born to a Kenyan father and an American mother, he spent most of his early life in Honolulu, Hawaii. From ages six to ten, he lived in Jakarta, Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, Obama worked as a community organizer, university lecturer, and civil rights lawyer before running for public office and serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. After an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for U.S. Senate in 2003.

    The following year, while still an Illinois state legislator, Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote. As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he co-sponsored bipartisan legislation for controlling conventional weapons and for promoting greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In the current 110th Congress, he has sponsored legislation on lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.

    Since announcing his presidential campaign in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War, increasing energy independence, and providing universal health care as his top three priorities. He married in 1992 and has two daughters. He has written two bestselling books: a memoir of his youth titled Dreams from My Father, and The Audacity of Hope, a personal commentary on U.S. politics.

  6. Quotes about Obama

    1. “ There's an argument that we're eventually going to look back at the stimulus bill's investment in electronic medical records as the most important improvement the Obama administration made to the healthcare delivery system--and, if the more optimistic assessments are right, as a crucial piece of infrastructure that allowed us to eventually get costs under control. ”
      In Half of providers said to have have EMRs, but many docs fear intrusion
    2. “ And today, I can tell you that this administration stands with them from President Obama on down. ”
      In Heavy Hitters Hit HIMSS Stages To Stump for Health IT

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    2. Can Health Care Orgs Maintain Trust With Electronic Records?

      Explore Forbes.com (Mar 19 2012) EHR Adoption

      ...bill, in part to enable the digitization of every American’s medical record – a move that President Obama said would improve the quality and lower the cost of health care. To ensure a paperless health care... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   White House   Obama   Electronic Health Records

    3. Health IT Meaningful Use Mission Creep

      Explore Health Affairs (Mar 16 2012) Meaningful Use

      ...his article, we ask if the expanding role of Meaningful Use (MU) regulations is taking current Obama administration health IT efforts beyond their foundation of agreement into the soft sands of partis... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Obama   Health Information Technology   Federal Health

    4. U.S. Leads In Healthcare IT Adoption

      Explore InformationWeek (Feb 21 2012) Thought Leadership , EHR Adoption

      ...2 Preview Health IT On Display: HIMSS12 Preview (click image for larger view and for slideshow) The Obama administration's federal incentive programs to spur the adoption and use of digitized medical recor... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Australia   Singapore   France

    5. Former senators push health IT initiatives

      Explore ModernMedicine (Feb 8 2012) EHR Meaningful Use , Meaningful Use

      ...s for an ... A think tank founded by former U.S. Senate majority leaders is urging Congress and the Obama administration to boost investment in health information technology (HIT) and interoperability. The... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Senate   Congress   Obama

    6. Mobile Computing is the “New Normal” for Federal Employees, CDW-G Survey Finds

      Explore businesswire.com (Feb 7 2012) Thought Leadership , Trends in End User Experience

      ...f personal devices. And the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is likely to continue, following the Obama administration’s November 2011 executive order that asked agencies to limit the number of IT device... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   America   Obama   Herndon

    7. Obama wants less offshoring, as vendors see U.S. shift

      Explore ITworld (Jan 19 2012)

      President Barack Obama is trying to encourage U.S. companies not to send work overseas. This might not be as hard a job as... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Washington   Intel   India

    8. A two-foot view of EHR adoption

      Explore GHIT - The Home page (Nov 7 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ... him that I have the honor to serve on a Federal Advisory Committee (under both Presidents Bush and Obama) and that I get to advise the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on health IT issues. [Relate... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Washington   San Diego   Obama

    9. 50 Billion Market For Hospital Software Solutions According To Deutsche Bank ...

      Explore The Wall Street Transcript Online (Nov 2 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...Act. TWST: Are we looking at a significant impact on the space over the renewed debate on President Obama's heath care bill? Mr. Cherny: I do not believe it will impact this sector very much. It is housed ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Obama   Equity Analysts and Money Managers   McKesson

    10. Federal CIO Talks Workforce

      Explore Wired Workplace (Oct 26 2011) Industry News

      Federal CIO Talks WorkforceNextgovThe government launched the program in September as part of the Obama administration's 25-point plan to reform federal IT management. The program appoints technology stu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Obama   Federal CIO

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

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

      ...so managing the press was an important challenge, too. InformationWeek: Did you meet with President Obama about the programs? Blumenthal: No, I met with all the people around him. InformationWeek: What was... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Washington   Boston   Congress

    12. Leveraging End User Experience Management to Optimize Clinician Adoption

      Explore End User Experience Today (Aug 1 2011)

      Leveraging End User Experience Management to Optimize Clinician Adoption ...c health records (EHRs) are required by all healthcare organizations by 2014 according to President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).However, if healthcare organizations do not reach t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Healthcare   Arra   Obama

    13. Uncle Sam's first CIO

      Explore money.cnn.com (Jul 13 2011) IT Buzz

      Uncle Sam's first CIO .... Vivek Kundra, 36, is the first person ever to hold it, having been given the new job by President Obama in March 2009. And what a job -- the U.S. government is the world's largest consumer of information... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Washington   Amazon

    14. Software applications accounted for 71% of the clinical healthcare IT technologies market in 2010

      Explore transworldnews.com (May 17 2011)

      ...cluding more than $17 billion to promote the wider adoption of electronic health records (EHR). The Obama administration has made it clear that this $17 billion is only a down payment on the total cost of ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Congress   Arra   Obama

    15. TechStat: Getting into the weeds of IT management

      Explore Federal Computer Week (May 4 2011)

      TechStat: Getting into the weeds of IT management TechStat: Getting into the weeds of IT managementFCW.comThat oversight strategy aligns with the Obama administration's 25-point IT management reform plan, which has a goal of terminating or turning aro... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Obama   Defense Department

    16. IT bill would hold CIOs accountable, step up oversight

      Explore Federal Computer Week (Apr 13 2011)

      ...nd Scott Brown (R-Mass.). Carper announced the legislation during a hearing earlier that day on the Obama administration’s 25-point IT reform plan. Related stories: Senators to introduce IT oversight bil... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Congress   Obama

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