US wants unconventional, intelligent apps to help patients make healthcare decisions

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	US wants unconventional, intelligent apps to help patients make healthcare decisions The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today said it would fund the development of a new generation of what it called novel, unconventional intelligent applications that could help people make complex health decisions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Agencies Visually Manage Linux VMs Managing a Linux-based virtualized environment does not have to be complex. See how Red Hat provides the big picture to management and: • Delivers 100% ROI in less than five months • Doubles the number of Linux servers managed per admin • Eliminates managing Linux systems with cryptic commands Read now! In this Issue Healthcare IT spending to hit $40B this year Healthcare IT Spotlight: 11 vendors who have helped their customers achieve meaningful use RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue Healthcare IT spending to hit $40B this year Healthcare IT spending is expected to jump this year as a result of the move to electronic health records, the growth of mobile medical apps and new federal regulations. Read More Healthcare IT Spotlight: 11 vendors who have helped their customers achieve meaningful use This past January eligible providers in the ambulatory community were able to begin attesting to meaningful use. A few days later, we started to see press releases from successful practices and their EHR vendors, and a couple of months later, we started to ask, which vendors have successfully gotten their customers to meaningful use? Read More
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