A House Appropriations Committee panel last week approved a bill recommending $142.5 billion in discretionary spending for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education programs in fiscal year 2006.

The status quo in healthcare practices today are not sustainable, and what we need are bold initiatives to help spread health IT initiatives across the country, first at the local level and then on to the national stage. That was the main message of Congr

Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt this week announced the formation of a national collaboration and four requests for proposals (RFPs) to help develop national access to electronic health records (EMR) within 10 years.

In recent weeks Health Imaging & IT has reported on developments leading to a Health IT bill introduced last week by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-P.A.) and Patrick J. Kennedy, (D-R.I.) called the 21st Century Health Information Act (H.R. 2234).

Rep. Tim Murphy and Patrick J. Kennedy, (D-R.I) yesterday introduced with a group of their House and Senate peers from both parties the 21st Century Health Information Act (H.R. 2234).

Radiation oncology providers, particularly those offering IMRT and IGRT, are starting to implement needed solutions that allow them to store, recall and compare more and larger image datasets.

A new bill soon to be put forth by Representatives Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Tim Murphy (R-PA) aims to assist the development of regional health information networks starting at the local and regional level.

Health information service provider Hx Technologies has been awarded a grant for $1.7 million by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a part of the National Institute of Health (NIH).