Modern Healthcare September 30, 2017
Hold onto your virtual hats—it’s National Health IT Week, a time for celebration and “awareness” of healthcare information technology. During the weeklong series of events held across the country, health IT aficionados will chat about population health, electronic health records, cybersecurity and other IT hot topics.
The week comes on the heels of the Senate shelving the Graham-Cassidy bill, the latest failed attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act. Now, with a bit of breathing room, the industry has a week to focus its attention on something a bit more tangible and far less controversial.
“National Health IT Week is the perfect time to reflect on how quickly the use of health IT has impacted the health system,” said Dr....