Editor’s Note
The good old days weren’t always
good, tomorrow isn’t as bad as it
seems.
8
Newsline
Merge launches a new imaging
platform with a consumer slant;
HIT vendors hit the big leagues.
10 Washington Report
The merits of meaningful use
program debated by Congress;
Medicare claims data starts to flow.
30
Executive Session
Alberto Goldszal discusses
University Radiology Groups efforts
to get into the meaningful use game,
and why many radiologists are
missing the incentives boat.
Subcommittee chair Rep. Ben
Quayle (R-Ariz) and other federal
lawmakers are questioning the value
of the meaningful use program.
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