HHS lays out a plan to have e-health records on the table by next June

HHS lays out a plan to have e-health records on the table by next June: "HHS lays out a plan to have e-health records on the table by next June

By Mary Mosquera
GCN Staff

Health and Human Services secretary Mike Leavitt and national health IT coordinator David Brailer have spent a lot of time talking about what health IT systems could do for medicine. Recently, they got a glimpse of what it can look like.

Leavitt and Brailer observed a District of Columbia physician conduct a heart patient�s checkup using an electronic health record and a laptop. (Yes, they obtained permission from the patient to see personal health information, in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act rules.) "