Blumenthal As National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
David Blumenthal, M.D. has been named by The Department of Health and Human Services as the national coordinator for health information technology, succeeding Robert Kolodner, M.D. Blumenthal currently serves as the director of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is a practicing physician, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and was a health policy advisor to Barack Obama during the presidential campaign.
Obama Addresses Congress and the Nation Tonight
President Barack Obama is expected to outline some of his healthcare reform plans tonight in a speech he will give on the floor of Congress, broadcasted live nationwide. The President is putting healthcare and the promotion of healthcare IT among his top priorities.
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