When Health IT Meets Bugs Bunny

HHS seeks vendor to produce cartoons to educate the public about the benefits of EHRs and other types of IT in health care
July 21, 2011
Neil Versel
Information Week

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services looks for simple ways to educate the public about health IT issues after a recent Markle survey showed that only 14% of the public was familiar with the meaningful use incentive program.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is in search of a contractor to produce educational video animations to raise public awareness of the importance of health IT and how technologies such as electronic health records will change how the public interacts with health care organizations.

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