The Governor has stepped in here with urging the lawmakers to reconsider their refusal as hospitals will lose out and jobs will go. Doctors also will lose their incentives to receive funding from the federal government, and there goes the big attraction and incentive. I can only say we might have some folks out of focus here as to turn down federal funds its somewhat reckless in my opinion. We are talking about 47 hospitals in the state and a big number of doctors. 
Montana is the only state to deny access so far and they voted on it 4 times. The governor states that without the additional funding it looks like just under 2000 jobs could be lost, we need money to pay them. If they continue to reject the money, it will go to other states. I don’t think we have a very good understanding here of Health IT from what I am reading and it will only stand to delay and make Health IT much more difficult. Perhaps this is a bunch still living in the 70s with their 8 track tapes and those seem to surface all over the US these days, but technology and transparency is beginning to expose the luddites, thank goodness as that’s what needs to be done. I can almost bet that none of the lawmakers has an electronic chart and has not a clue on what a PHR might be. Hopefully the governor might have some powers of persuasion here to change some minds. You can lead a horse to water but I guess some are not thirsty enough yet. BD
WASHINGTON – Montana's governor is urging lawmakers to reconsider their refusal of federal funding for electronic healthcare technology. Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.) says rejecting the incentive money will increase healthcare costs and decrease jobs.
Montana hospitals and doctors are eligible to receive an estimated $35 million in federal funding for meeting meaningful use of electronic health records under the HITECH Act. The state has 47 critical access hospitals in smaller communities across the state, and almost all will likely qualify for the funding, according to the governor.
Governor pleas for state's $35M in EHR incentives | Healthcare IT News
perhaps have even voted for this. It has been sent to the FDA and DEA a couple of times with little response so you can see where our importance as a consumer lies. Actually it takes almost 2 weeks to get a “canned” response like may web sties send instantly. This is a good video that has one of the executive with Pfizer along for the ride that shows some actual fake pill mills in Peru and how they operate and make huge profits. Nobody does squat and the problem gets bigger and actually the use of barcodes with heat maps helps find stolen drugs too, duh! 
their already existing Microsoft Tag bar codes. This is again why we need folks with some Health IT and tech backgrounds in positions where such decisions and resolutions can be made as those who don’t get it already have a full plate and they never get around to reviewing it. It’s just like all the talk about personal health records with blazing reviews where none of the authors use one, same thing. 
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Math–This Could be a Subject for Michael Moore to Explore and Document In a Movie
Screenings Too–Killer Algorithms Part 12–Medical Billing Codes Style
Assessing Consumer Credit Scores–Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 21 With Flawed Data
Duping” Society Combined With A World of Rogue Algorithms & Flawed Data Continues In Markets As Seen With Knight Capital This Week-Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 36
Study Fraud With EHR Technologies, Namely Medical Records/Billing Software Used by Hospitals– HHS And SEC Continue Getting Their Non-Algorithmic Fannies Kicked–Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 46
SilverScript Senior Drug Program Sanctioned by Medicare Until the Payment And Billing Algorithms are Cleaned Up-Killer Algorithms Chapter 53
