Testimony to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Subcommittee on Standards
Carol C. Diamond
NCVHS
The enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) portends profound changes to the health care and health IT landscape. I appreciate the opportunity to address this committee on the topic of health IT and standards at this critical moment. These unprecedented public investments MUST change the way we think about health IT and about achieving the goals of the new law.
Topics include setting objectives, information sharing and standards, a new urgency for results, new privacy policies, accountability for results, shaping technology policy to measurable health goals, and validating the use of standards with an open, market-based approach. There is also an appendix detailing lessons learned within the realm of information technology.
