Senator Urges Colleagues To Act Quickly on Health Care IT -

Words of wisdom here...planning and testing...BD 

In a speech Thursday on the Senate floor, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) urged lawmakers to act quickly on health IT legislation and other health care reforms, Health Data Management reports.
"Adoption of health [IT] is a vital part of saving lives and lowering costs in our health care system," Whitehouse said, adding, "America's health care information infrastructure is decades behind where it should be."
Whitehouse cited a RAND study that estimates that a national, interoperable health IT system could save the country $82 billion annually. However, he said, "We cannot just snap our fingers and be in an IT-enabled health care environment. Development, testing, build-out and adoption will all take time."

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