Health Information Technology: Improving Quality and Value of Patient Care
Testimony Before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives
July 22, 2004 | Speech, Testimony
Carol C. Diamond, MD, MPH
Carol C. Diamond, MD, MPH
Remarks to Congress from Carol Diamond, MD, MPH, Managing Director, Markle Health Program and Chair, Markle Connecting for Health.
While we do not offer a prescription for which innovations in care will be most effective in improving healthcare quality or reducing medical error, we do know that most of them cannot be realized without the rapid, accurate, and secure exchange of personal health information among authorized users. And we believe that the greatest improvements in healthcare – leading to the most profound opportunities for better health; will occur when each American can access, control, and make use of their own health information in partnership with their care team.
