ehealth Gets A Boost From The Congress
The White House stated long ago that it wants technology and medicine to merge, but it's not happy with the pace at which changes are happening. Now there's a renewed vigor to cut costs and errors in the health care system.

Dr. David Brailer is in charge of the project. "Health IT is a priority," he said. "It has to be done with the public and private spheres working together.

"Several physician groups are throwing their support behind a federal health care information technology bill that promotes the adoption of electronic medical records and seeks to create regional networks and uniform operating standards for information systems."

"The legislation would reward physicians for their involvement by offering an increase in Medicare reimbursement to those doctors who participate in regional information networks."