SCHWARTZ HEALTHCARE-IT BLOG

Mo' Money Mo' Money

Picking up from the Jan. 3 post about the 2008 budget for the Federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, the 2009 budget proposal came in at $66 million. A whopping $4.7 million more than 2008’s $61.3 million.

On the positive side, beyond the Office budget are several other budget proposals including $45 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to advance health IT to boost patient safety; $26 million to continue trial implementations of the Nationwide Health Information Network; $3.8 million for CMS to fund the second year of a EHR demonstration project; and $3 million for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation to conduct independent evaluations of EHR adoption
 
The complete Health & Human Services 2009 budget proposal is here.

To echo past advice, these budget discussions give healthcare IT vendors a PR opportunity to highlight how they are making the government’s vision a reality. Consider thought leadership PR for your executives to comment on the government fiscal short-comings, and how private sector companies such as yourselves are solving healthcare's problems today.

Posted by Shawn Whalen on February 12, 2008 at 10:36 AM
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