Abernethy: HITECH Act succeeded because a 2007 digital infrastructure blueprint existed
FDA Chief Information Officer · Food, Drugs, and Tech: 100 years of Public Health · Jan 6, 2020 · at 34:15
Dr. Amy Abernethy, FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner and CIO, explains how the 2008 financial crisis served as the catalyst to pass the HITECH Act using pre-prepared frameworks.
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“So it was because that treatise was already ready, and also came along with the point of view of, we need a digital infrastructure to pull this off, that embedded within the context of the stimulus bill, we got the High Tech Act, which led to the full-scale distribution of electronic health records.”
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