Americans Want Next President To Prioritize Health IT Efforts

In addition, Health Information Technology has a series of upcoming web events to to teach interoperability. One subject that I have written about substantially on the site here is Business Intelligence, and yes there’s a seminar for that too!

Back to the story at hand, I agree, we do need a President who will make health IT a top priority, but this takes me back to my story yesterday….Senator McCain doesn’t know how to use a computer. Well I guess there’s always time for some lessons and tutoring, as you need some sense of how computers work to fully advocate and promote Health IT efforts. I just find it terribly difficult for one who sits on the outside of technology to fully understand where all of this is going without be a user. The “Dummies” series is a good place to start and I have used those myself over the years. BD

More than half of U.S. residents think the next president should make health IT a top priority, according to a new survey sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, Healthcare IT News reports (Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 6/13). The survey, conducted in May by consulting firm StrategyOne, found that 73% of respondents said the value of EHRs outweighs the associated risks, up from 61% in 2007. In addition, the percentage of U.S. residents who have "seen, read or heard about" EHRs has increased from 43% in 2007 to 57% in 2008.

Americans Want Next President To Prioritize Health IT Efforts - iHealthBeat