Massachusetts focuses on its bioscience "super-cluster"
Monday, December 30, 2002
Massachusetts faces a paradox. It is a center of innovation in the biosciences, but the state economy is choking on health care costs. How can this paradox be resolved? That's the challenge posed by the new efforts to boost innovation and productivity in the health care sector. Read more. Go
Congress has shows increasing interest in federal payments for IT infrastructure. In its 2001 report, "Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 20th Century," the Institute of Medicine called upon Congress to create an "innovation fund" of $1 billion to subsidize promising healthcare information technology projects.
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Massachusetts focuses on its bioscience "super-cluster"
