Morning Headlines 12/26/13
Technology, prevention will move health care costs down
In a USA Today article, David Blumenthal, MD, outlines a multi-pronged plan for reducing national healthcare costs.
Investing in the nation’s health
In a Washington Times op-ed piece, NIH director Francis Collins says that spending cuts on top of small annual budgets have weakened NIH’s ability to carry out its mission of turning scientific discoveries into better health. Still, he holds hope for the administrations BRIAN initiative, as well as the rise of big data.
The year in HIE: Public, private sectors prodded to interoperability
In a 2013 year end review, various developments in the HIE sector are discussed.
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