"Health & Medical News"

Washington — Funding levels for health information technology programs in President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget have come under fire in recent weeks from some analysts and Democratic lawmakers. They say the proposed investment isn’t enough to advance the administration’s goal of widespread electronic health record use by 2014.

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A plan to cut back on the broad swaths of some cities covered by Drug-Free School Zones in New Jersey is meeting some resistance from police, the Home News Tribune reported Dec. 17.

Currently, the law calls for harsher penalties for drug offenses that take place within 1,000 feet of a school or 500 feet of a park. But in some urban areas, overlapping zones effectively mean that offenders face increased punishment no matter where in town their offenses occur.

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