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In a press conference with reporters last week, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said that the Bush administration will not promote legislation to put timelines on the implementation of health care IT.
During the Medicare prescription drug benefit legislation debate last year, language requiring e-prescribing fell by the wayside.
Later this month, David Brailer, the national coordinator for health IT recently appointed by President Bush, will unveil exactly how the administration plans to achieve its health care IT agenda.
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