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Journal Article
Launching HITECH
2010
Overview
In the last days of 2009, the government took several critical steps toward a nationwide and secure electronic health information system. Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, describes the key elements of the HITECH Act.
Information is the lifeblood of modern medicine. Health information technology (HIT) is destined to be its circulatory system. Without that system, neither individual physicians nor health care institutions can perform at their best or deliver the highest-quality care, any more than an Olympian could excel with a failing heart. Yet the proportion of U.S. health care professionals and hospitals that have begun the transition to electronic health information systems is remarkably small.
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On December 30, the government took several critical steps toward a nationwide, interoperable, private, and secure electronic health information system. The Department of Health and Human Services . . .
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Subject
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009-US
/ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
/ Electronic Health Records - legislation & jurisprudence
/ Electronic Health Records - standards
/ Electronic Health Records - utilization
/ Information Systems - legislation & jurisprudence
/ Information Systems - standards
/ Medicaid
/ Medicaid - legislation & jurisprudence
/ Medicare
