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Article: HHS launches decade of Health Information Technology initiatives.(Industry Watch)(Department of Health & Human Services)
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- Healthcare Financial Management
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- September 1, 2004
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HHS secretary Tommy Thompson on July 21 out lined a 10-year plan to implement a new health information infrastructure, including electronic health records (EHRs) and a network to link health records nationwide.
At the same event, the Secretarial Summit on Health Information Technology in Washington, D.C., David Brailer, MD, PhD, national coordinator for health information technology, presented a plan to achieve a nationwide system of "always current, always available" online EHRs.
The report identifies four major goals, with strategic action areas for each:
* Inform clinical practice: Bringing information tools to the point of care, especially ...