The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology was established in 2004. A truly unfunded mandate, there was an Executive Order that limited the federal funding for this vital office. Before even assuming office, President-Elect Obama has received a funding request of $25B from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Mr. Obama has already gone on record in favor of committing $10B over a five year period for healthcare IT. Vice President-Elect Biden has spoken about these funds being made available in an economic stimulus package soon after the swearing-in. Proponents of healthcare IT are truly banking on these promises, and patient care improvements await these expenditures.
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