Congressional Efforts to Take Over Healthcare IT
HELP Is On The Case
Looking at the current state of proposed healthcare Information Technology (IT) reforms as unanimously passed by the HELP Committee.
Healthcare increasingly is a patient-centered world where information technology (IT) has a major effect on diagnosis and personalized treatments. Without a doubt, electronic health record (EHR) technology is under significant scrutiny by the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).
For over a year, the HELP committee has been investigating potential issues with health IT and the meaningful use of certified EHR systems. An important development occurred in February of this year when HELP voted unanimously to pass the Improving Health Information Technology Act (S. 2511).
View the the current version as revised in April of this year.
