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Barbara Kram, Editor | February 25, 2010
"We stand here ready, willing and able to get started very quickly with you," she said, noting Siemens' considerable R&D investment in health information technology as well as staff reassignments to devote talent to this area. Siemens is currently certified for health IT across its portfolio.
"Current assets in our product lines continue to be very valuable assets. We feel very good about where we are in terms of embedded analytics, decision support, interoperability infrastructure...the R&D investments are paying off and you will see that again as we continue to roll solutions out to you in the market."
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"We are prepared to be aggressive. We are prepared to move quickly," Dillione said. "This will be a top-down initiative. This will not be the job of the IT department anymore. This is a health system priority. And that top-down enthusiasm and focus will help all of us get these projects done that much more efficiently and effectively as we move forward."
The Nitty Gritty
In addition to the OEM perspective, the webcast featured an in-depth talk by John Glaser, senior adviser to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services. Glaser is also CIO of Partners HealthCare, a large delivery system in Massachusetts.
Go online to get his update from Washington including the status of meaningful use, the stimulus bill (ARRA) and funding. For instance, he detailed how meaningful use criteria will grow stricter over time, beginning with its initial requirements for 2011.
Glaser also provides his perspective from the health plan's view.
"For a long time we were focused on adoption but the government is saying adoption is insufficient; you have to use [health IT]. And only if you use it will we get the kinds of outcomes that we'd like to see as a country," he said.
Visit the virtual ARRA trade show and attend sessions from leading experts on Computerized Physician Order Entry, interoperability, systems certification, privacy and security and other topics.
The virtual conference is now online at:
www.Siemens.com/Virtual-ARRA
Siemens also has a website on ARRA and HiTech at www.Siemens.com/ARRA-HiTech
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