Promoting Health Information Technology Act

To advance the adoption of nationwide interoperable health information technology and to improve health care quality and reduce health care costs in the United States.

10/10/2007--Introduced.
Promoting Health Information Technology Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. Establishes a public-private Partnership for Health Care Improvement to recommend specific actions to achieve a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure. Provides for the adoption by the federal government of standards for the electronic exchange of health information.
Establishes the American Health Information Community to provide advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the heads of any relevant federal agencies concerning the policy considerations related to health information technology.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for the:
(1) purchase of qualified health information technology systems;
(2) implementation of regional or local health information plans; and
(3) development of academic curricula integrating qualified health information technology systems in the clinical education of health professionals.
Requires the Secretary to provide for the development and use of health care quality measures to measure the quality and efficiency of health care that patients receive.
Extends health information privacy requirements to an operator of a health information electronic database. Gives individuals the right to inspect and obtain a copy of their protected health information stored in electronic format.
Directs the Comptroller General to report on the circumstances in which it is necessary and workable to require that individuals be notified if their individually identifiable health information is wrongly disclosed.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to develop a Health Information Technology Resource Center.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
• and 13 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
  • Rep. Joe Donnelly [D, IN-2]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Michael Ferguson [R, NJ-7]
  • Rep. David Hobson [R, OH-7]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R, WA-5]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
  • Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Timothy Walberg [R, MI-7]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3800

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October 10, 2007

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• Oct 10, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Oct 10, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2108-2109)
• Introduced on Oct 10, 2007.

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• Telemedicine
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• Right of privacy
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• Performance measurement
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• Electronic data interchange
• Education
• Department of Health and Human Services
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April 02, 2008 Calling for Better Health Care Through Technology

... Wired for Health Care Quality Act. The legislation is S. 1693 and HR 3800, which the NAM is also working to support as a member of the Health IT Now! ...

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October 12, 2007 Industry embraces health IT bill

The legislation, HR 3800, would establish a national coordinator within the Health and Human Services Department and create a public-private advisory body ...

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February 29, 2008 Governors Are Right to Push for Electronic Medical Records

authors of HR 3800 to promote Health IT, are expected to release a letter urging the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to take up and approve their bill for consideration by the full House. "Health Information Technology will help ...

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January 14, 2008 Legislative Update from Rep. Eshoo

I will be working to ensure the passage of my bill (HR 3800) to speed the adoption of interoperable medical records and health information technology. Doing so could save billions of dollars in healthcare costs and improve the quality ...

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