Today’s edition of Modern Healthcare’s Health IT Strategist reports: Two influential economists yesterday told federal lawmakers that the widespread implementation of e-prescribing tools and electronic health records may only have a marginal effect on savings — and could conversely result in increased costs. Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute, and Eugene Steuerle, a senior […]
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Health Wonk Review #24 is up
Jane Hiebert-White has posted HWR #24 at the Health Affairs Blog. Excellent reading, as usual. I will be hosting Health Wonk Review #25 here at HealthBlawg on February 8, so please keep this in mind over the next couple of weeks and submit the wonkiest health care posts you read or write before 9 a.m. […]