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Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2006

Date: July 27, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care


HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROMOTION ACT OF 2006 -- (House of Representatives - July 27, 2006)

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Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. I want to congratulate Congresswoman McMorris on her leadership with Congressman Smith on this issue.

As a person who has a son who is a doctor in California, I am very grateful to be here and support the amendment, which will create a Web-based virtual case management tool that provides access to the best practices for managing chronic disease.

Additionally, this amendment would provide for chronic disease patients and caregivers to have access to their own medical records and to a single source of information on chronic disease.

Further, it directs the Secretary to select at least four proposals from those submitted by States and at least one proposal selected to include a regional approach featuring access to an integrated hospital information system in at least two adjoining States that permits the measurement of outcomes.

I know personally that our family has benefited from the best of health care. One of our sons has been a cancer survivor. And I just want to congratulate, again, Congresswoman McMorris on her leadership; and I urge adoption of the amendment.

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