Two N.E. health-care IT firms land stimulus funding

Health-care information technology efforts have won a $220 million shot in the arm from the Department of Health and Human Services, and a pair of New England companies have carved out a combined $28.7 million of that stimulus money. Rhode Island Quality Institute in Providence, R.I., was awarded $15.9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, and Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems in Brewer, Maine, was given $12.75 million.

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IT adds 25,000-plus jobs so far in 2010

  Is it renewed optimism?

IT employment grew by 0.37 percent, or 14,000 jobs, in February, one of the strongest month-to-month gains since 2008, according to the TechServe Alliance, an IT services industry group that analyzes U.S. Labor Department unemployment data. In January, IT employment increased by 12,900 jobs, TechServe Alliance reported.

While IT employment still remains some 200,000 jobs below its 2008 peak of 4 million jobs, this statistical climb out of the hiring abyss is backed anecdotally. "I am seeing a lot more demand out there," said Scott Archibald, managing director of Bender Consulting, a Houston-based management consulting firm. "As a general trend, I would believe what the numbers are saying at this point."

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