OMW Health Law

Earlier this month Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, published a letter describing the benefits of health information exchange.  In his letter, Dr. Blumenthal highlights four aims of health information exchange in the HITECH Act:

• It squarely tackles commercial barriers
• It tackles the economic barriers
• It tackles the technical barriers
• It provides building blocks for information exchange across jurisdictions 

In Washington,  OneHealthPort has been designated the lead organization for Washington Health Information Exchange.  Approximately $11.3 Million of federal funding is expected during the first quarter of 2010 for Washington based health information exchange activities. 

To read Dr. Blumenthal’s letter in its entirety please click here.

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