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Senators unite to propose health IT bill
EHR Connection, August 2, 2005
Senate leaders Bill Frist, MD; Michael Enzi; Edward Kennedy; and Hillary Clinton proposed the Wired for Health Care Quality Act (S 1418) to authorize $275 million over two years to help providers adopt interoperable IT. Currently on the Senate floor, the bill would establish a grant program to help with IT purchases, a second grant to help states create loan programs to help providers, and a third grant program to help fund regional and local health information networks.
The legislation also would organize a federal advisory committee that would review and recommend data standards that support interoperability. The bill would mandate that the federal government adopt the standards and the private sector could adopt the standards on a voluntary basis.
Go to thomas.loc.gov. for the full text of the bill.
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