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Health IT: The Changes Ahead Presenter: Todd Rowland, MD more

When health-care providers exchange electronic medical records, costs go down and patient care goes up To understand the potential of shared health records, consider the Bottone family. Almost everyone agrees that health information technology could create more effective and more efficient systems in the medical world but we still face a number of hurdles in terms of widespread adoption. Journal News Editor Laura Landro discusses some of the challenges facing the medical industry as they look to digitize health records. more

Federal agencies have awarded three “buckets of money” to help you and Indiana advance technologically Health information technology (HIT) holds promise to better coordinate patient care, reduce costs, improve quality – and daily life for physician practices. That’s the idea behind development of a variety of federal HIT grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Indiana is seeing a flow of those dollars. To date three rounds of grant funding have sent funds to our state. more

The AMA has provided these answers to basic questions about the health information technology (HIT) incentives available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or stimulus bill.* Keep reading ISMA Reports for details about qualifying for this federal funding. more

The New England Journal of Medicine David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. March 25, 2009 The recently enacted stimulus bill — the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) — touches almost every aspect ... more

Health Care IT Firms Rushing to Grab Share of Stimulus Indianapolis Business Journal J.K. Wall -  jwall@ibj.com Sat. March 07 - 2009... more

AMA News By Chris Silva, AMNews staff March 16, 2009 Physicians Can Earn Tens of Thousands in IT Incentives, But They Must Act Quickly to Achieve the Biggest Benefit and Avoid Penalties.... more

Peter Grogg  joined the board of HealthLINC HIE in February 2009. Mr. Grogg brings several years of health care administration and HIT experience that will contribute greatly to HealthLINC.

ISMA e-Reports November 3, 2008 Can health information technology (HIT) really benefit my practice? If so, how do I begin preparing ... more