Try Again
Robert Kolodner gave a big thumbs down to Accenture, CSC, IBM and Northrop Gumman. After reviewing proposals submitted in January by these leaders in IT integration, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information declared them insufficient.
When I hear something like this I wonder if the government knew what they wanted in the first place. Anyway, new RFPs were issued and the agency will give the contract this summer. Moving forward, Kolodner will also tap state and local health information exchanges that will be the networks that will help make up the NHIN, instead of relying solely on the vendors.
In other government news, Senator and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton proposed spending $3 billion annually to help doctors implement healthcare IT. In a speech yesterday at George Washington University, she also called for an incentive system for doctors to actually use this technology, among other proposals for disease management. She said the reduction in healthcare costs from using technology could be used to provide health coverage for all Americans.
Posted by Shawn Whalen on May 25, 2007 at 2:27 PM
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