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Two new surveys downplay federal HIT stimulus money

Last week, we heard optimism from the likes of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the College of Health Information Management Executives about the prospects of healthcare

Comparative effectiveness looks like a real game-changer

There's a reason why we picked Dr. Carolyn Clancy among our "Fierce Women to Watch in Health IT" two weeks ago. The director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a key figure in the

Study: Health IT use lowers costs, improves outcomes

When clinicians use health IT systems, good things happen, according to the results of a new study. The study, which was funded by the Commonwealth Fund and published in the Archives of Internal

AHRQ: Medical cost increases slowing, but still rapid

While patient-care cost increases have slowed, the overall cost for inpatient hospital visits has almost doubled over the past nine years, according to new data from the Agency for Healthcare