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After finding out that a public works laborer racked up about $400 in private calls and text messages on his city cellphone, Mayor Charles Sammarone is looking not only to enforce Youngstown's cellphone policies, but toughen them.
"Taxpayers shouldn't pay for personal calls," Sammarone said Wednesday. "If it's a city phone, all you need is the ability to call in and call out. You don't need texting or smartphones or games on the phone."
The city ran more efficiently without cellphones, said Sammarone, who doesn't text message or use a computer.
"Cellphones and computers are the lazy man's way of communicating," he said. "All we need are cheap [cell] phones and cheap plans. I've got a basic phone and it serves me fine."
The finance department recently contacted Charles Shasho, deputy director of public works, after noticing that the cellphone bill of Jim Clacko, a traffic-signal laborer hired in July, was about $400 over the past three months. Shasho then told the mayor about the problem.
Although the city has a cellphone policy, the city won't discipline Clacko since it was never shown to him, Sammarone said.
"I told the kid to use common sense, but when he was given a phone he wasn't given the city's policy on using it," he said.
After getting a city cellphone, a written copy of its policy — adopted Jan. 31, 2008, by the board of control — is to be given to an employee, Sammarone said.
The policy requires city workers to pay for any costs associated with personal use; they shouldn't be on the phone for more than 15 minutes at a time without a documented reason; and they need to know the features of the phones so as not to incur additional costs.
Department heads are supposed to provide the policy to those who receive city-issued cells, but haven't done so for about two years, said Carol Peters, the city's purchasing agent. The employee, that person's supervisor and department head are supposed to sign the policy.
Clacko used the city phone for text messaging, and that particular phone didn't have that as a standard feature, resulting in most of the $400 in fees he incurred, Shasho said. Clacko had the phone taken from him and is reimbursing the city, Shasho said.
Sammarone said he, Peters and city Law Director Anthony Farris will review the current policy over the next few weeks and make changes to improve it. Also, department heads will be required to review the bills of their employees to make sure that if there are personal calls, a reason is given by workers and the city is reimbursed any costs, Sammarone said.
Also, the city may review previous cellphone bills to see if employees used them for private use and seek reimbursement, he said.
The mayor said he didn't know if this is a widespread problem or an isolated one.
Sammarone wants to know who has city phones, particularly smartphones, and for there to be justification for employees needing them.
There are 95 city-issued cellphones with the monthly bill averaging about $5,000, Peters said. There are about 20 smartphones, but that number needed to be verified, she said.
"I don't know if we need that many phones," Sammarone said.
The phones are given primarily to department heads and those who work out of the office in the water, sewer and street departments, Peters said.
As for smartphones, the decisions to purchase them come from department heads, Peters said.
Shasho has a city-issued iPhone 4, a smartphone.
"I use it to access my work email when I'm out of the office," he said. "If it wasn't for email access, I'd use my personal phone, which I do for city business."
Sammarone said cracking down on cellphone use is part of his accountability program that includes time cards for city workers and GPS tracking devices in city-owned cars.
"Cellphones and computers are the lazy man's way of communicating,"
It's hard to believe someone with such an outlook still holds public office in 2013 .
It's the Mahoning Valley and he has a "D" behind his name. Are you beginning to see a pattern yet?
The way it works in most private sector organizations is that the employee uses his or her personal phone, and then submits a monthly expense report to be reimbursed for any business-related calls. Employees are rarely if ever given company issued cell phones for this very reason-it is too difficult to monitor and control abuse.
Why is it that the public sector has such difficulty utilizing simple fiscally responsible concepts such as this?
It was one of Sammarone's minions checking on how many patrons were at Dooney's every happy hour. Don't forget, Mayor Chuck gave his son at least $20,000.00 to open and then CLOSE this venture. The $20,000 came from the taxpayers.
An example of the leaders poor Youngstown has been left with since the brain drain.
Public employees have to start paying their own way. Start with giving them what they pay for in health-care which is about$120 a month, then put them into the Obama exchanges and they can pay the rest.
"Cellphones and computers are the lazy man's way of communicating,"
My grandma said the same things a few years back. She was about Mr. Sammarone's age at the time, ha.
I do agree with johnyoung, above.
This is what happens in government. A city with hundreds of employees, a multi-million dollar budget and no HR department. A new employee is hired and no one bothers to fill him in on city work policies. For all the mayor's talk about accountability, I don't see much progress.
"Sammarone said cracking down on cellphone use is part of his accountability program"
-Then discipline the department head that did not issue him the policy you moron!
- under the Obama exchanges would they also get a free Obama phone, welfare, ssi, food stamps etc that all the leaches get? Just wondering since you have all the answers and apparently know how things are ran.
"Clacko used the city phone for text messaging, and that particular phone didn't have that as a standard feature, resulting in most of the $400 in fees he incurred, Shasho said. Clacko had the phone taken from him and is reimbursing the city, Shasho said."
It's the plan that has the feature, not the phone. If the phone didn't have the feature he wouldn't have been able to text. So, that leads to what kind of plan(s) do they have?
Is there more than 1 plan? Do they only have so many minutes? Would unlimited talk/text save money in the long run? Were they job related texts? How many carriers are they using? Do they need all those phones?
If somebody is out in the field that needs to communicate, there are no pay phones around, so what is the alternative? A radio system? I'm sure that exists like the police, but even the cops use cell phones more often than you think.
Wow, Sammarone needs to at least get up to the 1990's! The world is run by computers and this idiot doesn't use one?! No wonder Y-town is going no where! Just as any good business, get the employees an allowance per month for cell phones and make them get their own phones just as johnyoung stated. Government is a business, run it as such or get the eff out of office!
I think someone needs to introduce the City of Youngstown to Straight Talk Wireless! $45 a month for unlimited everything! It wouldn't really matter if the calls/texts were Personal or Business, the price would be the same!
But making a move like this would be intelligent, so let's not expect local Government to adopt this rational solution...
"What do you expect, your a pretty girl" and now "Cellphones and computers are the lazy man's way of communicating". This antique really needs to retire. Someone needs to show this archaic buffoon that he does not need to go to the "Y" for hours on end every workday (on city time) to check out the "babes", that it would be more time efficient if he would just download pictures of "pretty girls" onto his smart phone and computer.
The average wage of someone employed by the city (cop, fire, road, mayor,etc) is 50k to 60K. The average Youngstown taxpayer who is not employed by the city falls around 20K. So to give you an answer I would say no to phone, welfare, food stamps. I know takers always want more but there has to be a line drawn somewhere. If you got any other questions let me know, happy to help. Thanks.
Answer is simple -
Vote for Chris Travers this November 5th. Problem solved - Chuck will then be retired - whether he likes it or not.
What kind of plan cell phone contract does the city have?! You can have cheap phones with texting that don't cost $50 per month. Where's the volume discount? Update that plan Mr. Mayor.
Or go back to using carrier pigeons.


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Fumbling with the fundamentals: Spurs 117 – Bucks 110
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|Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, PF 19 MIN | 1-4 FG | 2-4 FT | 9 REB | 0 AST | 4 PTS | -3
He did solid work containing Kawhi Lenoard and Danny Green throughout most of the night. Outside of that and his nine boards, there was nothing special about his performance tonight.
|Larry Sanders, C 23 MIN | 2-4 FG | 2-2 FT | 9 REB | 1 AST | 6 PTS | -19
Going up against the savvy Tim Duncan, I didn't expect too much out of Larry tonight. He gave his 23 minutes and came out of the game with nine boards, four blocks and six points. It would've been nice to see Sanders be a little more assertive on the offensive end. He took four shots in his 22 minutes of play.
|Monta Ellis, PG 39 MIN | 7-18 FG | 4-6 FT | 1 REB | 8 AST | 18 PTS | -4
Eighteen points. Eighteen shot attempts. That's what it took for Ellis to get his points against San Antonio. He was surprisingly efficient when he played at PG for a resting Brandon Jennings. He finished with eight assists and three turnovers.
|Brandon Jennings, PG 44 MIN | 13-26 FG | 4-4 FT | 0 REB | 5 AST | 31 PTS | -14
Sure he finished with 31 points. The problem with this performance was that his assists were down and he had five turnovers. He was also victimized by Tony Parker and the pick & roll. Every time Parker would beat Jennings off the screen, it created opportunities for Tim Duncan who had a big night.
|Marquis Daniels, SG 21 MIN | 1-4 FG | 3-4 FT | 4 REB | 4 AST | 5 PTS | -7
He's still starting. That's about it.
|John Henson, PF 23 MIN | 10-11 FG | 0-0 FT | 9 REB | 3 AST | 20 PTS | +7
Impressive night for the rookie. He was like a younger version of Duncan out there. He showed off the (lefty) hook, he was hitting the mid-range shots, he was rebounding and did well defensively. Henson had it all tonight.
|Mike Dunleavy, SF 37 MIN | 7-12 FG | 2-2 FT | 3 REB | 1 AST | 19 PTS | -8
More often than not, Dunleavy is going to give you a solid night scoring silently. Tonight was one of those nights. Dunleavy's hot hand from mid-range and beyond eventually began to create opportunities for his teammates down low.
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- John Henson seemed to have it all together against the Spurs. Skiles said Henson was coming off of a good week in practice and it showed on the court.
- Going up against one of the more fundamentally sound teams in San Antonio, the Bucks were very sloppy. Milwaukee's 24 assists were nullified by their 16 turnovers, which got them in a 23-point hole at one point.
About the Author (Author Profile)Tony is a senior at UW-Milwaukee with a little over three years experience in broadcast/journalism. However, that pales in comparison to his lifetime of heartache growing up as a Bucks fan. All is not lost however, he remains very optimistic about the team, yet remains very objective in covering them. All in all, Tony has written for SlamOnline.com, ESPN Wisconsin, The UWM Post, UrbanMilwaukee.com and AcmePackingCompany.com, just to name a few.
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Damn shame that this game means Henso will probably play 1 minute in the next game and then consecutive DNP-CD's after that according to the Skiles rookie management system.. getting pretty tired and annoyed to keep asking for Jon and Tobias to get playing time(hard to believe that Daniels is a better SF)
Tony, what would've earned John Henson an A- or A? I just want to pick your brain a little bit on it…
With Henson having a really good game I hope he starts him on friday against Houston instead of just playing him 1 minute like he did last time. I think a starting lineup of Jennings-Ellis-Moute-Henson-Sanders could work. It could be a big confidence boost for Henson.
Hey Tony, Can you elaborate a little more on Skiles and Henson having a "good week" together? What have they worked on specifically in order to get Jon on the court because, all stats aside, he shows up to play against good teams when he gets minutes.
Ok, so Brandon had 31. and he probably will have 30 plus a few more times this season. But how about concentrating on this: 14-15 points. 9-10 assists. And 3 or less turnovers EVERY night. Why? Because these are realistic night to night #'s that Brandon can achieve.
One other thing. How about actually trying to stay in front of your guy for more than 2 seconds on each defensive posession? I'm sure the front line guys would appreciate it greatly.


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Hauser SC. Vascular diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 146.
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The game, part of the NBA's Global Games international initiative, is the first scheduled by the league in Mexico since Dallas and Houston squared off on Dec. 6, 1997.
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Only just recently, the weeks of getting 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night in two hour chunks finally caught up with me. Somehow, the following scene was wildly hilarious at the time and when recounting the experience to friends, I realized you really, really, really had to be there.
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Despite being raised Catholic, I do not believe in Angels. At least, not in the "people in the sky with wings and halos" sense of the word. Much to my Mother's dismay, I don't even believe in God. At least not in the traditional "bearded man sipping gin and tonic in the clouds" sort of way. (Doesn't everyone's God sip G&T? Or is that just me?)
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You know how when you're young and agile, you sit around with your friends discussing the latest episode of Boston Common? And then you know how you hit thirty and you sit around with your friends at your only Mom Night Out in year that you've had single drink and you play, "Would you rather?" And you know how you discuss for a good hour or more the merits of carrying around a colostomy bag verses having your foot cutoff?
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Baby O is one month old. My son, my last born child, the tiny 5 pound little man, is one month old. And I can already picture him walking out of the house in 18 years, loading his car, heading off to college and watching with both pride and tears of remembering the time he was one month old.
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SOUTH DAYTONA - With a majority of the voting public on its side, Florida Power & Light fought City Hall and won.
Citizens rejected the option of the city establishing a municipal electric utility, with 63 percent of voters who turned out to the polls deciding against the city operating its own electrical distribution system. Opponents of city-run electric were backed by a political action committee that received around $500,000 in funding from FPL.
The outcome now leaves city leaders forced to explore alternative options with a number of legal questions that need to be addressed.
"The next step will depend on the terms and conditions offered by FPL to renew the 30-year franchise agreement," Mayor George Locke said. "It's my hope that good faith negotiations can be accomplished with FPL."
Raymond Lawrence, chairman of the political action committee Take Back Our Power, said he hopes the outcome of the referendum means the city can work out an agreement with FPL and end the political divide in the community over the issue.
"It's time now to put all that behind us," Mr. Lawrence said. "It's a free country. We all have our opinions. We're fortunate to live in a country where we can express those opinions."
Mr. Lawrence formed Take Back Our Power last year with financial support from FPL in an attempt to get the referendum on the ballot, which first required a charter amendment referendum that was approved by the voting public in August. Throughout the year the issue has polarized the community, as both the city and FPL had been accused of misinforming the electorate.
For the last five years, city leaders evaluated the possibility of buying FPL's assets to establish their own electric utility after learning if they renewed their franchise agreement with FPL, they would lose valuable purchase language without compensation. The City Council voted 4-1 in July 2011 to exercise their purchase option and buy FPL's assets, currently valued at $12.1 million.
Pam Rauch, FPL's vice president of external affairs, did not offer a specific answer as to whether or not FPL would compensate the city for the purchase language in their 1978 franchise agreement that would be lost forever with the signing of a new 30-year contract. She did say, however, that she looks forward to negotiating "a mutually beneficial franchise agreement."
"Regardless of the negotiations on a franchise agreement, we will continue to serve our customers in South Daytona," Ms. Rauch said.
City Attorney Scott Simpson said, in his legal opinion, acquiring FPL's assets and establishing a municipal electric utility are two separate issues. While the voters disapproved of the city forming an electric utility, city leaders still have a contract in place to buy FPL's assets, equipment to operate the utility that includes meters, transmission lines and one of FPL's two substations located in the city.
"The city exercised the purchase option, so the city has a contractual obligation to buy FPL's assets, regardless what the vote of the people was," Mr. Simpson said. "If the city took ownership of FPL's assets, one of the things they could do is establish the municipal electric utility. The citizens don't want us to do that, (but) the city may have other options available. Those have not been fully explored."
City leaders spent more than $2 million in consultant and attorney fees since 2007 to explore the feasibility of a municipal electric utility. Those costs are likely to go up as the city determines what the next step is.
It's up to city council members to decide whether to explore those options, or if they should go back to the negotiating table with FPL on a new 30-year franchise agreement, Mr. Simpson said. He added it's unlikely a decision would be made immediately following the election; the council's agenda for its Tuesday meeting did not include any new business related to the electric system negotiations.
Ms. Rauch said she is "pleased" city voters voted down the formation of the municipal electric utility because it shows they trust FPL's track record for low rates and high service.
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BREAKING: Kings of Leon CANCELS Remainder of US Tour
That didn't take long. Just a few days after the Dallas meltdown and the Houston cancellation the following night, TMZ.com reports the band has decided to cancel the remaining tour dates due to Caleb's "voice issues". Here's the statement:
"We are so sorry to say Kings of Leon are canceling their entire US tour due to Caleb Followill suffering from vocal issues and exhaustion."
"The band is devastated, but in order to give their fans the shows they deserve, they need to take this break. Unfortunately, the US dates cannot be rescheduled due to the band's international tour schedule."
The band will be back on the road in Canada late this fall. I'll call it…full blown rehab for Caleb in the next two weeks or the band calls it a day. Crazy stuff.
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The hygiene hypothesis, the idea that "too much cleanliness prevents the development of a well-balanced immune response"(Sironi and Clerici, 2010), has received a lot of support and also criticism. It has recently been challenged by the hypothesis of "early immune challenge", which states that a lack of appropriate immune stimulation during early childhood might account for the increased development of allergies in industrialized countries (Kramer et al, 2013). This proposal places less emphasis on excessive hygienic practices and focuses more on the insufficient exposure to specific environmental microbes, particularly those from non-urban environments, as the reason behind the rise of atopic disease. While different, both hypotheses point to the beneficial health affects of some microbes.
What do you think is the reason for increased allergy levels in industrialized countries? Do you think that a concoction of the "right" microbial species in the form of a lotion, drink, or inhalant (aka "Bacteri-ell") could be a future replacement for natural exposure to beneficial microbes?
Instead of using hand sanitizers like Purell, do you see a future where people from some regions of the world are unsanitizing their hands with "Bacteri-ell"?
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May 1 2013: I definitely agree that we need to know a whole lot more about our own microbiome before we can truly start to use microbes to cure or treat diseases. I think you're right that it will probably take a while for the concept of "good" bacteria or parasites to become accepted in our society, since we tend to love "clean" and "antibacterial" products. The process of infecting a person with hookworms is pretty gross -- I can't see many people today going for it!
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The darker side of the Gift of LifeDecember 11,2013With the Gift of Life Marathon movement in full swing, I cant help but wonder why nobody is speaking out about eligibility guidelines for giving blood.
Im beyond thrilled by the community motivation to break the national record and save thousands of lives. But Im disappointed that no one is shedding light on the homophobic ban on blood donations, because the reality is that in 2013 more than 30 years after the AIDS scare of the 1980s giving the Gift of Life is still a heterosexual privilege.
Not everyone knows this, but because of a regulation from the Food and Drug Administration, no man who has had sex with another man since 1977 can donate blood at any point in his lifetime. No waiting period, no excuses, no exceptions. The regulation came about during the AIDS scare in the 1980s back when people knew much less about HIV, had much less technology to screen blood for it, and the general public thought was that AIDS was a disease for gay people and African-Americans. Public mentality has changed, but it hasnt changed enough.
In 2006, the American Red Cross, along with two medical groups, made a joint recommendation that the Food and Drug Administration reverse this lifetime ban for gay and bisexual men, calling the rule medically and scientifically unwarranted. The groups pointed out inconsistencies with other high-risk social groups and told them they were misinterpreting their statistics. The Red Cross was right, but the FDA didnt buckle.
Fast forward to 2013. The upcoming Gift of Life Marathon blood drive is sponsored by the American Red Cross which is forced to follow FDA regulations, whether they like it or not. Fast forward to the rampant radio ads and newsletters asking people to donate blood. Fast forward to the 17-year-old gay kids who arent out yet hearing those ads and wondering how they can tell their friends why they arent joining the cause.
Fast forward to Dec. 17. Youre sitting in a lawn chair with a needle in you. Feeling like a true community servant, you look around to see who else joined you. But there are no gay men. There are no bisexual men. There are no men with non-traditional sexual histories.
This isnt right.
Its truly remarkable how the Rutland area can come together to do community service, but with a large community event like this, we also need to make a large commitment to standing up against homophobic regulations.
So heres what Im asking: If you are fortunate enough to be eligible to donate blood, be an ally to men who have sex with men. Write to the Food and Drug Administration, and tell them to end their illogical, homophobic regulation against men who have sex with men. Tell them that their all-out ban does nothing more than alienate gay and bisexual men from the rest of our community, and thats not OK with Rutland County.
Tell them its 2013, and its time to adhere to modern medicine. Tell them were trying to set a record here, and they need to get their acts together.
We can say we were the first to implement a form of marriage equality, and we can point out that we give spousal benefits to same-sex partners. We can shatter this blood drive record in the faces of the entire country, and we save more lives than any region across the nation. But if were not willing to speak out against medically unsound homophobia, we cant really be heroes.
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Firstly looking at employment, 30.43 million people aged 16 and over were in work, this is a rise of 283,000 on the quarter and a rise of 722,000 on the year. 72.7% of people aged 16 to 64 were employed.
Next we will look at the employment rates over the period from January to March 1971 to the current period of January to March 2014, using this graph. The highest employment rate was 73.1%, between June to August and October to December 1974 and between November to January and December to February 2005. The lowest employment rate, of 65.6%, was between February to April and May to July 1983.
Turning to unemployment now, that is those not employed but seeking work, 2.21 million people aged 16 and over were out of work but seeking and available to work. This is a fall of 133,000 on the quarter and 309,000 on the year. The unemployment rate stood at 6.8%.
Now we will look at the unemployment rates over the period from January to March 1971 to the current period of January to March 2014, using this graph. The highest unemployment rate, was 11.9%, between February to April and April to June 1984. The lowest unemployment rate over the period, of 3.4%, was between October to December 1973 and November to January 1974.
Next we will look at the claimant count for April, that is those seeking work and claiming benefits principally because they are not in work. 1.12 million people aged 18 and over were claiming Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the lowest number since November 2008 and it is a fall of 25,100 on the month and almost 400,000 on the year.
Moving down to those not in the labour force, that is those not employed and not seeking or available for work, 8.85 million people aged between 16 and 64 were either not looking for work or not available to work. This is a fall of 85,000 on the quarter and a fall of 155,000 on the year. 21.9% of people aged 16 to 64 were not in the labour force.
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The Tri-the-Rim Triathlon is one of Fort Lewis College's longest-running -- and swimming and biking -- traditions, annually saluting and testing FLC's formidable athletic spirit. For a quarter century, it has also been bringing together the on- and off-campus athletic communities to share their passion for challenging themselves -- and for having fun doing it.
The sprint triathlon includes a 500-yard swim, an 11-mile bike ride, and a 5K run, embodying and embracing the Fort Lewis College and Durango attitudes of enjoying the area's beauty in active, friendly ways.
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In its April 2012 issue, Outside Magazine once again recognized Fort Lewis College's hometown of Durango as a great place for adventurous people. This time, Durango was named Runner-Up Best New Adventure Hub, second only to Lake Wanaka in New Zealand. The article mentions several of Durango's favorite multi-season activities: road and mountain biking, trout fishing, mountaineering, kayaking, and downhill and Nordic skiing.
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The theme for this year's 48th annual Hozhoni Days is "Celebrating the Centennial Through Traditions and Education." Events include speakers, workshops, and the annual Ms. Hozhoni Pageant, and culminates in a two-day weekend powwow, where the winner of this year's Ms. Hozhoni is crowned.
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One company is set to benefit from the transition to electronic records.
Our latest "focus stock" is Cerner (CERN), which carries S&P Capital IQ's highest investment recommendation of "strong buy."
Cerner is the largest pure-play provider of health care information technology (HIT) and related services. Its products and services help health care organizations from single-doctor practices to multi-hospital health care systems manage their clinical, financial and management information systems.
Consultants Frost & Sullivan estimate HIT will grow at a compound annual rate of 13% over the next five years, expanding from a $20 billion industry currently to $37 billion.
S&P Capital IQ estimates Cerner has about a 9% overall market share and a substantial 40% to 45% market share of the hospital end market.
Fueling the industry's robust growth are new regulations requiring the adoption of HIT and the growing recognition that HIT can improve safety, quality of care, and efficiency while lowering overall health care costs.
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act -- otherwise known as the "stimulus bill" -- included $30 billion in financial incentives to physicians, hospitals and other health care providers that adopt and use electronic health record (EHR) technology.
Further, if health care providers do not meet the law's "meaningful use" requirements by 2014, Medicare will lower their reimbursement rate by up to 5% beginning in 2015.
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However, S&P Capital IQ believes the three-stage implementation process provides Cerner with a multiyear growth opportunity.
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