David Blumenthal news and information

Now really, who else could it be? Is anyone else other than Kathleeen Sebelius managing a $941 billion budget and tasked with moving the massive reform law from paper to reality?
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As reform pushes healthcare into uncharted terrain, groups in different industry sectors are staking out new territory, defending their turf or just trying to survive.
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The nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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Has the federal government's investment of more than $10 billion in meaningful-use payments been worth it, or has the program been slow to promote electronic health record interoperability? That's the question Dr. David Blumenthal, former head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health...
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A reader was confused by an article we ran saying 48% of doctors were e-prescribing using an electronic health-record system. Another article, published Dec. 6, based on an annual survey of ambulatory care physicians by the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control,...
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Dr. David Blumenthal, the former head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will serve as the next president of the Commonwealth Fund. Blumenthal will replace Karen Davis on Jan. 1, 2013, according to a news release from the Commonwealth Fund, a foundation...
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Dr. David Blumenthal, the former head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will serve as the next president of the Commonwealth Fund, the New York-based not-for-profit organization announced.
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At a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing this week held by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), among the experts testifying was Blumenthal's brother, Dr. David Blumenthal, former director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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Misaligned incentives, privacy and security concerns and lack of health information exchange are among the barriers that hinder adoption and use of health information technology, according to a new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center Task Force on Delivery System Reform and Health IT.
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A report from the Commonwealth Fund says the nation's uneven adoption of health information technology has hindered quality improvement efforts. But the authors also said that recent changes, including those in the health reform law, could boost IT use.
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