President Obama recently selected David Blumenthal M.D., to serve as national coordinator within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Blumenthal was director of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, part of Partners.
The economic stimulus bill, now the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, makes the position of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology permanent and expands the coordinator's duties. The coordinator will oversee plans for more than $19 billion in funding for I.T., including Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments to physicians and hospitals for use of electronic health records.
--Howard Anderson
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