Biden, Sebelius, Blumenthal announce funds for EMR extension centers, HIE; Eli Lilly dumps one of its brightest drug prospects;

> Vice President Joe Biden, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and national health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal are in Chicago today to announce $1.2 billion in federal grants to promote EMR use and interoperability. The money represents the bulk of the $2 billion in stimulus funds allocated to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. FierceEMR

> The Department of Health and Human Services is likely to take on a new job soon: certifying what health record technologies qualify for billions of dollars in reimbursements under the stimulus program. FierceGovernmentIT

> Faced with a disappointing set of late-stage data, Eli Lilly has stopped work on the osteoporosis drug arzoxifene--a program that had been counted as one of its top three near-term drug prospects. After a five-year study dubbed Generations, Lilly researchers concluded that the drug did not prevent a variety of secondary conditions, including nonspinal fractures. FierceBiotech

And Finally... I could maybe understand shoes...if they were nice. Article

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