Florida began the journey to health information connectivity in 2004 under Governor Jeb Bush. Initially these efforts were funded by grants, but due to the downturn in the economy, the state was unable to support growth in 2008. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 provided funding to further expand health information exchange efforts across the country. As a result, Florid...

The Top Management Challenges identified by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Labor (DOL) are discussed below. The Department’s responses and presentation of its progress on the Top Management Challenges are shown following the OIG report. 2009 Top Management Challenges Facing the Department of Labor For 2009, the OIG considers the following as the most serious m...

This paper describes the history and rationale behind the development of a centralized data collection system for the national rollout of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Communities Putting Prevention to Work: CDSMP initiative. In addition to justifying the need for solutions to the burgeoning burden of chronic disea...

The returns that institutional investors realize from private equity investments differ dramatically across institutions. Using detailed and hitherto unexplored records of fund investors and performance, we document large heterogeneity in the performance of different classes of limited partners. In particular, endowments’ annual returns are nearly 14% greater than average. Funds selected by inv...

1. Introduction The past decade has been characterized by significant optimism about the the role of health IT in improving quality and lowering costs. In 2004, the Bush administration set a goal for most Americans to have their health information stored in an electronic medical by 2014. Health IT also occupies a central place in the Obama administration's health reform efforts. The American Re...

The electronic health record mandate within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will have a far-reaching affect on medicine. In this article, we provide an in-depth analysis of how this mandate is expected to stimulate the production of large-scale, digitized databases of patient information. There is evidence to suggest that millions of patients and the National Institutes of He...

Dr. Grady reviewed the history and goals of the Pain Consortium, which serves as the coordinating group for the 20 NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) that fund pain research. These Institutes and Centers are investing a total of $279 million in pain research this year. Dr. Grady discussed two recent funding opportunities for pain research available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment A...

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, federal investment in comparative effectiveness research (CER) increased significantly, including through the creation of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). In grappling with decisions about how to conduct this research and apply its findings to imp...

For over a decade, people have been looking at and thinking about the role of the electronic medical record (EMR) in healthcare. Historically, other industries have proven that information technology (IT) can improve productivity and contribute to a safer environment. Today, widespread adoption of the EMR is at the forefront of President Obama’s healthcare reform strategies as evidenced by the ...

Green incentives are included in the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” (ARRA). It is, however, unclear how these government incentives can be carried out most effectively according to market-based principles and if they can serve as a catalyst for an accelerated green transformation and an ultimate solution to the current U.S. and global economic and financial crisis. The article...