NASCIO releases report on ARRA's effect on health IT
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State chief information officers (CIOs) must act quickly but
carefully to take advantage of $2 billion in grants made available by the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for improving health
information technology (health IT), according to a report from the Lexington,
Ky.-based National Association of State Chief
Information Officers (NASCIO). "HITECH in the
States: Action List for State CIOs" lists ways state CIOs can
improve health information exchange (HIE) using ARRA funding.
The
brief draws its name from the segment of ARRA that outlines new requirements
and allocates funding for health IT efforts, which is commonly known as the
HITECH Act. The act also increases oversight responsibilities for states in the
development of statewide HIE, and the brief says CIOs can expedite that process
by: acting as a convener of IT stakeholders in the enterprise; assessing the
state's existing infrastructure; and determining the state's readiness to
support large-scale HIE. "State CIOs are key stakeholders within state
health information exchange," said Otto Doll, CIO of South Dakota and
Chair of NASCIO's Health IT Working Group. "The HITECH Act effectively
blended health policy with technology policy, and state CIOs are uniquely
positioned to help shape these policies in the future to align with their
state's enterprise architecture."
State
CIOs can improve HIE through planning, governance, financing/sustainability and
policy, according to the brief. "The health community sees the necessity
for modernizing healthcare through information technology," Doll
continues, "now CIOs must be involved to properly align IT to achieve
administrative efficiency and improved quality of service in healthcare."
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"HITECH in the
States" from NASCIO's Web site.
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