Understanding the details of the new health reform law is challenging – but the focus on “access” is just a start. Much more will need to be done to really reform our healthcare model in the US, and to moderate the rapidly escalating cost trend.
With all the talk of government stimulus and the Obama Administration’s mandates around healthcare, it’s the private sector making the big splash in HIT today with Wal-Mart partnering with Dell and eClinicalWorks to deploy low-cost EHR solutions to physicians.
Two weeks after President Obmama signed the ARRA into law, there has been much discussion of the merits and pitfalls of the approach that is being taken by the government to stimulate progress in healthcare. Here are some thoughts in response to the discussion…
Medullan was honored to be able to be a sponsor to the Transforming Healthcare Summit 2009 that was held at the Boston Seaport Hotel on February 26, 2009. We joined with organizer HIL Forum and other healthcare IT companies and organizations from both the public and private sector.
The Transforming Healthcare Summit 2009 was a well attended event where many ideas were heard and explored. It was well moderated by Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe, with input from Peter Mueller, Valerie Fleishman, and Anne Marie Biernacki. The summit was a successful exchange of ideas about problems and possibilities for solutions.