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Article: A framework for strategic action: the report from HHS's secretarial summit on health information technology, cornerstones for electronic health care.(Health and Human Services)(Report)
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- CARING Newsletter
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- September 22, 2004
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Abstract:
The National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) conference this year was influenced heavily by the recent Federal initiatives to accelerate the adoption of information technology. Renamed the "Department of Health and Human Services Secretarial Summit on Health Information Technology: Cornerstones for Electronic Health Care", health care information technology stakeholders including clinicians, developers, informaticians, policy makers, thought leaders, and others gathered to praise and give feedback on the framework for strategic action: The Decade of Health Information Technology: Delivering Consumer-centric and Information. The progress report ...