State Guide for HITECH

Preparing to Implement HITECH: A State Guide for Electronic Health Information Exchange is now available. It provides a fine overview for states that have not initiated HIT plans or for states that want to bring there plans in better alignment with the Federal view. SV


NGA 2009 Report from the State Alliance for e-Health Report

State Alliance for e-Health Adopts Taskforce Recommendations

BURLINGTON, VT—The State Alliance for e-Health (State Alliance) today adopted the following recommendations from two of its three taskforces. Full text of the recommendations will be available Thursday, August 16, please visit www.nga.org/center/ehealth.

The Health Care Practice Taskforce is charged by the State Alliance with identifying and addressing issues pertaining to the regulatory, legal and professional standards that have an impact on the practice of medicine and create barriers to interoperable, electronic health information exchange.

The Health Information Protection Taskforce is charged by the State Alliance with identifying and addressing issues pertaining to the privacy and security of consumer health information while allowing for seamless electronic health information exchange within and across states

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