Three Federal Agencies Must Use Health Information Technology by 2007
September 4, 2006 Three Federal Agencies Must Use Health Information Technology by 2007 On August 22, 2006, President George W. Bush signed an executive order that requires three federal agencies — the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs, and the Office of Personnel Management — that administer or sponsor federal health insurance programs to adopt and use health information technology (HIT) in contracts by January 1, 2007. The executive order requires that the agencies institute health care quality improvement measures, price grouping, and health transparency. Following the signing, HHS secretary Michael Leavitt was expected . . .
