Prof. Bolnick shared his perspective on the emerging health insurance environment in this country vis-a-vis the world, and discussed some of the opportunities and challenges in wake of increasing adoption of IT in healthcare industry.
[This article was published in the October 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
eIndia 2009 was held during 25-27 August 2009 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad. eHealth India 2009 was one of the five tracks, at the event, that attracted participants and delegates including industry stalwarts, policy makers, academicians, researchers, technology vendors and stakeholders from India as well as overseas.
Two physician organisations are weighing in on the healthcare piece of the economic stimulus package, calling on the president and Congress to support healthcare information technology, additional funding for primary care training, Medicaid funding for states and comparative effectiveness research.
Market research firm KLAS has named Epic as the highest-performing healthcare vendor across all market segments in its annual rankings, which were released recently.
U.S. stimulus for the healthcare sector is proving a boon to the Indian IT with numerous IT-healthcare contracts coming to the country. The Obama administration has unveiled plans to invest USD 10 billion annually in IT to refurbish the American healthcare system.
