Murli Reddy, BU Head, Health Care & Life Sciences Business Unit, Syntel Inc. says preventive care and telemedicine are going to be major focus in the healthcare industry this year. He talks about the his expectations from the new year and plans of Syntel Inc. in an email conversation with Nikita Apraj
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Barack Obama secured a landmark victory with the US House of Representatives giving final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans.
Barack Obama’s Cabinet has announced n $1 billion in grants to increase the use of health information technology, pushing for healthcare overhaul and job creation.
President Obama recently announced the appointment of Nancy-Ann DeParle, former director of Cerner Corporation, as director of the White House Office for Health Reform.
Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly and disabled in the US, will offer financial bonuses to doctors who prescribe drugs electronically rather than on paper. Doctors who do not will face penalties from Medicare starting in 2012.
Health-care providers of all stripes face a host of technology challenges in the new year. Indeed, “the tea leaves are not settled at the bottom of the cup yet, but [providers] are already expected to budget for 2009, 2010 and beyond,” said Bob Booz, managing vice president for Gartner Research, at a kick-off town hall at Everything Channel’s Healthcare Summit in San Diego.
