Archive for March 13th, 2007
Personalized Health Information Act
March 13, 2007
HealthcareITNews reports that “Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I. ) plans to jumpstart the use of personal health records through a trust fund that pays doctors.” This will be an incentive program to give doctors $3 per patient using a PHR. Kennedy sees PHRs as an empowerment tool for citizens. Others quoted see them as essential for disease management.
You can read more on Kennedy’s website.
Two Announcements on Government Support for PHRs
March 13, 2007
In Government HealthIT today is a report on two announcements – one by HHS and one by ONCHIT regarding the enabling of personal health information. “HHS has announced it will launch a nationwide network of local and regional collaboratives. At the same time, the department will release a request for proposals for a new version of a health care network of networks that would be able to give consumers unprecedented control over the dissemination of their personal health care information.”
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT), said the government will seek proposals for a state-hosted or regionally hosted network that could enable consumers to direct their personal health information toward — or away from — specific health care organizations.”
It will be worthwhile to follow these two initiatives as they unfold.
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