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Congress approves $1.4 billion military health IT budget

Congress fully funded the Military Health System’s information technology systems for fiscal 2012 as part of a multiagency appropriations act passed this weekend, but a separate measure limits how the Defense Department can spend the money.

Mostashari recent comments offer snapshot of ONC leadership

Mostashari said recently that ONC will stay steady in its path but is aware that “nothing stays still, and certainly not in health IT.”

Health IT Execs To Boost Spending In 2011

A Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey found that 68% of hospital IT leaders said they will increase their spending this year to help their groups receive federal incentives.

2010 Top 100 Government Contractor Rankings

2010 Top Government Contractor Rankings prove that the federal contracting market is anything but stagnant

Feds announce $220M in health IT “Beacon Communities” grants

The government has released the names of the 15 communities across the country from Maine to Hawaii that will serve as models for the broad use of healthcare information technology under a $220 million program aimed at improving care and efficiency – and creating new jobs.