Tampa Bay launches e-health 'revolution'

Quotes

1. “ The revolution is going to start in Tampa Bay. ”

   By Stephen Klasko

2. “ We are a healthcare innovation center. ”

3. “ It makes it a natural location to kick off a project like this. ”

4. “ This is an innovative private-public partnership that will help physicians across our region take a first step toward embracing electronic health records. ”

   By W. Bill Young

Entities Mentioned

• Barack Obama
• Congressional
• Hartford
• Tampa
• Pittsburgh
• Institute of Medicine

1. The people behind Paperfree Tampa Bay foresee the $18 million initiative as President Barack Obama's vision made good. They have set their sights for the 10-county, 8,000-physician e-prescribing pilot launched Monday on no less than 100 percent adoption.  They'll achieve it, they say, by going to physicians door-to-door and providing the help they need to get on board. (Read Full Article)

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