NextGenWeb recently attended an ITIF and HealthITNow policy forum titled “Health IT: Why a dose of Health IT may be just what the doctor ordered.” The panel discussed the current state of health care and specifically the ways electronic health records can improve care. ITIF released a study that examines the power of health IT and how health record data banks can play a role.

Dr. Edna DeVries, Medical Director at the Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin provided a practitioner’s perspective on the role of IT in medical practices. Rob Atkinson, President of ITIF and Daniel Castro Senior Analyst at ITIF discussed the benefits of establishing independent health record data banks as a sustainable and market-based approach to implementing Electronic Health Records. Finally, Nancy Johnson, a leading former member of Congress and co-chair of HealthITNow discussed the importance of IT for transforming the American health care system.

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