Federal Health Information Technology Initiatives Reach Tipping Point for Growth in 2008
OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News In 2008, federal health information technology (IT) activities gained momentum, and may have reached the tipping point for growth, according to Robert M. Kolodner, M.D., the national coordinator for health information technology with the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology. This tipping point in health IT adoption is the result of multiple initiatives related to governance, privacy and security of information, interoperability, adoption, and the development of a nationwide network. These observations, presented by Dr. Kolodner at the . . .
