Lawmakers Call For 'Reboot' Of Meaningful Use Program
Six Republican Senators have formally requested that U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius provide a written plan to address how the agency is implementing the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
In an April 16 letter--signed by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and John Thune (R-S.D.)--they state that Congress has an obligation to conduct oversight of government programs. To that end, they released a 28-page white paper entitled "REBOOT: Re-Examining the Strategies Needed to Successfully Adopt Health IT" that outlines their concerns with current health IT policy, including the costs, interoperability, the potential for waste and abuse, patient privacy and sustainability.
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- Congress
- costs
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- health information technology (HIT)
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
- interoperability
- John Thune
- Kathleen Sebelius
- Lamar Alexander
- Mike Enzi
- Pat Roberts
- privacy
- Richard Burr
- sustainability
- Tom Coburn
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