During the National Health IT Week last week, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society delivered three main messages to Congress, according to a HIMSS report.
The three messages included the following:
1. Continue strong bipartisan support for health IT to improve the quality of healthcare and reduce costs.
2. Preserve the investment being made in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use Incentive Program as an essential tool critical to the healthcare transformation process.
3. Support the development of a nationwide patient identity solution by lifting the current statutory prohibition to allow HHS to address this issue along with other health IT policy enhancements. A patient identity solution will ensure your constituent is the right person getting the right healthcare at the right time.
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The three messages included the following:
1. Continue strong bipartisan support for health IT to improve the quality of healthcare and reduce costs.
2. Preserve the investment being made in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use Incentive Program as an essential tool critical to the healthcare transformation process.
3. Support the development of a nationwide patient identity solution by lifting the current statutory prohibition to allow HHS to address this issue along with other health IT policy enhancements. A patient identity solution will ensure your constituent is the right person getting the right healthcare at the right time.
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