Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals.

Information services.

Physicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (31 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summarizes Federal efforts to promote health information technology (HIT). Reviews HIT legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses; and outlines provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, to build on existing Federal efforts to encourage HIT adoption and use, codify the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and allow electronic sharing of clinical data among hospitals, physicians, and other health care stakeholders. Summarizes HIT appropriations in P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act

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