2009-08-04
There is outstanding news today as Avantas and the looming crisis of workforce shortages in the health industry have received the attention of the highly esteemed and influential Senator from Nebraska, Ben Nelson.
After several meetings with Senator Nelson’s office, they became convinced that automation around the key issue of staffing should share the spotlight with EMR (electronic medical records) which has held the stage in discussions about healthcare reform. Health organizations have been enticed to advance their adoption of EMRs through promises of stimulus money under the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act). Senator Nelson became convinced that Avantas and its array of work strategies for the health industry, especially our highly-evolved Predictive Model, deserved to be called out as a potential use for stimulus funding. Once Senator Nelson agreed to promote our cause, the decision related to the proper channel for this advocacy required much discussion and planning. In the end, all agreed the most appropriate entrance to this discussion was through the Health and Human Services Office, specifically the recently named National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Dr. David Blumenthal.
Click here to read Senator Ben Nelson’s letter to Dr. Blumenthal sent on August 4, 2009.