Organizations ask Congress to integrate health IT, reform plans

More than 20 organizations, including the eHealth Initiative, sent a letter to members of Congress asking for all of the health IT elements from the stimulus package to be integrated into the health reform legislation.

The letter said, "Any major redesign of our healthcare system must be grounded in a well-defined relationship with the meaningful use of health information technology in order to achieve that advanced level of interconnectivity and interoperability."

The group also said that millions of dollars from President Obama's stimulus package that were slated for health IT could be wasted if there isn't proper coordination with the health reform legislation being constructed.

To read more:
- check out this Health Data Management piece
- also read this Federal Computer Week article

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