Reform for health care technology moves ahead

While the nation's eyes were fixated on the deadlock in Congress over the House of Representatives and Senate versions of health reform legislation, the Health and Human Services Department quietly issued Jan. 13 a pair of coordinated regulations that will significantly impact the way health care is delivered in this country over the next decade. The regulations -- which exceed 200 pages -- are outgrowths of the 2009 economic stimulus bill, known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.

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