AHDI and MTIA Submit Comments for Ways and Means Committee Hearing

On Tuesday the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing on provisions within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for implementation of health information technology. AHDI and MTIA submitted comments and questions (“Efforts to Promote the Adoption and Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology") that reflect the necessity for health IT adoption to preserve narrative documentation of patient encounters and the human intelligence factor while maintaining secure, accurate, and efficient measures for capturing health information.