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Excluded groups want in on health information technology funding

By Kimberly Leonard

Economic stimulus package has $27 billion for health IT; excluded providers are fighting for a slice

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Switch to electronic health records could miss federal targets

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Medicaid to get tougher on drug makers’ price reporting

By Julie Vorman

ANALYSIS: A new kind of house call

By Wendell Potter

Who will receive government checks, and who will not, if the government defaults?

By Alexandra Duszak

GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

Billions of unspent stimulus dollars slated for electronic health records are now a target for lawmakers searching the federal budget for cu

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FACT CHECK: President Obama, Romney both distort the facts

By FactCheck.Org

Switch to electronic health records could miss federal targets

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Fact Check: Rep. Ryan's budget spin

By FactCheck.Org

Medicare: An entitlement out of control

By David Nather

Excerpts from this story referencing "adviser":

"… Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former head of the Congressional Budget Office and adviser to Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, said these bills repre …"

Proposed bill aims to expand health IT funds to mental health providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

Stimulus bill left many providers out, but costs of including them may doom the measure....

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Health information technology: Incentives may not always serve intended purpose

By Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard

Hospitals request government help in curbing possible billing abuses

By Fred Schulte

Analysis — A Canadian-style single-payer health system in Vermont?

By Wendell Potter

GOP senators call for overhaul of electronic health records program

By Fred Schulte

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Will digital technology reduce gap in health between rich and poor?

By Emma Schwartz

Two years ago, the Ethio American Health Center opened its doors in the nation’s capital, promising the country’s largest community of Ethio

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Are new digital networks part of the cure?

By Emma Schwartz

ANALYSIS: A smart investment in kids' health

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Despite GOP claims, U.S. health care nowhere near 'best' in the world

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Imagine primary care without the need for costly health insurance

By Wendell Potter

Patient data safety rules widely disregarded, unenforced

By Joe Eaton

As the federal government prepares to spend up to $27 billion in stimulus funds to promote electronic medical records, a health technology i

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State attorneys general not leaping to embrace HIPAA enforcement

By Kimberly Leonard

Privacy advocates want stricter rules for online, patient-controlled health records

By Kimberly Leonard

Tentative security definition confuses health care providers, privacy groups

By Kimberly Leonard

Health industry winning round on privacy of digital health records

By Emma Schwartz

Push for safety oversight of electronic medical records is moving at a crawl

By Emma Schwartz

Nearly two years after the Obama administration announced plans to spend $40 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical

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As doctors shift to electronic health systems, signs of harm emerge

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Effort to track medical safety issues faces long road ahead

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

FDA, Obama digital medical records team at odds over safety oversight

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Panel recommends new agency to investigate safety of health information technology

By Kimberly Leonard

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DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Defense (DOD) has struggled since 1988 to establish a comprehensive medical records database for the 9.6 million service m

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Most contract awards posted on Pentagon Website omit key information

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon’s military inventory needs better housekeeping

By Laurel Adams

Sensitive information posted on Pentagon’s own public Websites, report says

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Tentative security definition confuses health care providers, privacy groups

By Kimberly Leonard

When must health providers tell patients that their personal information was breached? Rule pending.

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Privacy advocates want stricter rules for online, patient-controlled health records

By Kimberly Leonard

State attorneys general not leaping to embrace HIPAA enforcement

By Kimberly Leonard

Patient data safety rules widely disregarded, unenforced

By Joe Eaton

Health industry winning round on privacy of digital health records

By Emma Schwartz

Doctors skittish about health technology despite promise of big federal bucks

By Susan Jaffe

The federal government is paying physicians billions to adopt electronic health records, but doctors still aren't sure they want the cash

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Electronic health records probe expands to hospitals

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Fuzzy math? Rising costs in government's digital health stimulus

By Fred Schulte

ANALYSIS: Losing the public relations war

By Wendell Potter

Can Cleveland clinic be a model for digital medicine?

By Emma Schwartz

Top health information technology firms prefer 'revolving door' lobbyists

By Josh Israel

Top health information technology firms want lobbyists with Capitol Hill or executive branch experience

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More than 2,000 spin through revolving door

By Elizabeth Brown

On financial reform bill, 52 percent of lobbyists worked in government

By Caitlin Ginley and M.B. Pell

How the Feds stack up

By The Center for Public Integrity

Disclosure filings by lobbyists still incomplete

By Matthew Lewis

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