“There is a push going on for push messaging, a likely first step in rolling out a proposed national health information network in time for healthcare organizations to use electronic health-record systems in a “meaningful manner” and qualify for federal EHR subsidy payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In late October, David Blumenthal, head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS called for pause in the planning of the NHIN.”
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Joseph Conn, Modern Healthcare, 18 December 2009
