Stimulus fuels gold rush for electronic health systems

By Fred Schulte

Competition among companies spawns bus tour, creative sales techniques

Excerpts from this story referencing "medical software":

"… gure out what works and what doesn’t,” echoed Evan Steele, who heads a medical software company that sells an electronic records product.Steele said anyone shoppi …"

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

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Previously undisclosed hospital mixup underscores challenges on road to reform

Excerpts from this story referencing "medical software":

"… ks faced by even large health organizations that have eagerly embraced new medical software to track patient records and treatment. As the Obama administration ramps …"

"… gely left to police itself.  The FDA has wrestled with how to oversee medical software since the mid-1980s. The agency has published several such proposals and h …"