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Article: Ophthalmic Imaging Systems Comments on Potential Impact of U.S. Government's Stimulus Package on Electronic Health Records Market.
- Article from:
- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- March 8, 2009
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Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS) (OTCBB: OISI) and Abraxas Medical Solutions, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OIS and a provider of state of the art Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution, commented on a portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the U.S. GovernmentEs stimulus package (the oStimulus Packageo), that pertains to healthcare IT (see also Ophthalmic Imaging Systems).
Estimates released by the Congressional Budget Office on February 13, project that over $20 billion will be spent on financial incentives for doctors who become meaningful users of a certified EHR solution by 2015 (see http://www.oisi.com/HR1/CBO.pdf for more ...