California law requires hospitals to either build new facilities or retrofit existing ones to make sure they can keep operating during and after an earthquake.
Physician David Blumenthal will lead HHS efforts to direct spending of $19.5 billion in economic stimulus funds for health IT to advance implementation of the nationwide health information infrastructure.
Federal contractors will see a significant rise in opportunities stemming from the economic stimulus package, according to new analysis from FedSources Inc.
EDS Corp. will operate data centers for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a six-year task order with a ceiling value of $19.8 million.
States will use federal stimulus dollars to create technology-related opportunities in health care, transportation, public works modernization, and eligibility and fraud verification.
The House and Senate versions of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package contain more than $70 billion in proposed information technology spending.
Contractors doing business with state and local governments should expect to see $4.5 billion worth of new information technology opportunities from the proposed economic stimulus package, according to Input Inc.
