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‘Revolving door’ between HHS and industry could influence regulation, study says

Healthcare Dive

Thirty-two percent of people appointed to positions at the HHS between 2004 and 2020 exited to the private sector, raising concerns about objectivity, according to new research.

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Lawmakers to reintroduce federal nurse staffing ratio bill

Healthcare Dive

The bill mirrors California’s nurse staffing law which took effect in 2004 and outlines exactly how many patients a nurse in specific hospital units can care for at one time.

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EHR Association Turns 20: Celebrating Two Decades of Groundbreaking Collaborations and Milestones

Electronic Health Reporter

By Stephanie Jamison (Greenway Health), Chair, EHR Association Executive Committee It’s been 20 years since 21 of the industry’s leading EHR vendors came together to create the HIMSS EHR Vendor Association in 2004 to accelerate […] The article EHR Association Turns 20: Celebrating Two Decades of Groundbreaking Collaborations and Milestones appeared (..)

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HHS' health IT office makeover may tip the scales in historic funding battle

Fierce Healthcare

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS') technology office is poised to bring significant technological expertise to the department, which the Office of the National Coordinato | HHS tech policy office failed to receive consistent funding bumps from Congress since 2004. The recent revamp could change that.

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ONC @ 20: Celebrating the People

HealthIT Answers

ONC joined the health IT revolution when it was established by Executive Order on April 27, 2004. By Lisa Lewis Person - ONC is more than an organization; it is a movement with a clear vision for all Americans to have better health enabled by data. Let’s celebrate 20 years of progress in transforming American health care delivery!

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A Big eClinicalWorks Transformation at Maryland Endocrine

Healthcare IT Today

The organization had eClinicalWorks installed since 2004 (they were actually eClinicalWorks’ 34th customer), but when Kimberly Stahl, Practice Administrator, came to the company, it was still collecting payments by sending paper bills by post. Maryland Endocrine has quickly made the big journey from paper billing to on-site payments.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Linden Acquires Alcresta Therapeutics

McGuire Wood

Founded in 2004, the firm pursues acquisition opportunities across the healthcare industry, including services, products and distribution companies, and prefers to make more substantial investments from a dollars perspective. Alcresta , founded in 2011 and based in Newton, Mass.,

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