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- Camilla Hull Brown served as faculty for the State
Alliance for e-Health’s 2nd Annual State Learning Forum,
September 24 – 25, 2009, in Washington D.C. Governors sent
state teams to this conference to develop strategies for implementing
HITECH provisions and health information exchange in their states. /li>
- President Obama has signed into law the $787 billion economic
stimulus package, which includes $19.2 billion for healthcare
IT. To keep up on the details and impact of this action, check
out these links:
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
of the 111th Congress of the United States of America. Title
XIII, the section dealing with health information technology
can be found on pages 112-165.
- eHealthInitiative
offers a summary of the HIT provisions of this Act
for eHI members on their website.
- HIMSS
offers weekly updates on healthcare reform on their
website including the latest updates on the implementation
of ARRA.
- Jim Krauk and Camilla Hull Brown gave a presentation on the
Harrisburg Health Information Exchange in February, 2009, to the
Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange Summit
sponsored by TechQuest-Pennsylvania.
- Camilla Hull Brown facilitated the Colorado HIE Summit
in January, 2009, which was sponsored by the Colorado Health Foundation.
- Camilla Hull Brown has become a member of the HIMSS
HIE Steering Committee and the eHealth Initiative
Privacy Committee.
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