In his keynote address, Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health IT, gives an overview of the policies and programs of the ONC for Health IT, in compliance with the HITECH, Act, 2009. He mentions the tasks of the policy, standards and certification committees in the various steps towards drafting and finalizing regulations to comply with the HITECH Act for electronic health records (EHR) and in health information exchange. He also mentions about the role of the Privacy and Security Workingroup to deal with privacy and security issues of electronic health information systems dealing with storage and exchange of health information. He also mentions the work being done in setting up a National Health Information Network (NHIN) with prototypes tested by VA Hospital Network and the Kaiser Health Systems. He feels that the HITECH Act and the regulations that are being finalized with take health care to the 21st century using Health Information Technology or Health IT.
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