National Health IT Week

September 11-16, 2011

President Barack Obama declared the week of September 11-16, 2011, National Health Information Technology Week.

National Health Information Technology (health IT) Week served as a time to highlight the importance of efficient information systems that protect the privacy and security of personal health information while improving the delivery of health care in the United States.

During National Health Information Technology Week, the health IT community came together to raise national awareness regarding the consistent breakthroughs and hard work industry professionals, providers, and consumers put forward on a daily basis to ensure they are moving toward the common goal of advancing the future of health care through private and secure health IT.

Learn more about health IT by visiting HealthIT.gov.

Health IT Events and Initiatives

  • National eHealth Collaborative Event: Industry Briefing on Engaging Consumers in Health IT

    Friday, September 16, 2011

    To close National Health IT Week and its focus on consumer engagement, the National eHealth Collaborative's NeHC University External Links Disclaimer featured ONC's resident "consumerista" Lygeia Ricciardi (Senior Policy Advisor for Consumer eHealth) for an Industry Leader Briefing on Engaging Consumers with Health IT. During the interactive program, Lygeia discussed ONC's consumer engagement campaign as well as her work with the Consumer Consortium on eHealth and how it will impact and accelerate the use of health IT throughout the United States.

  • Consumer Health IT Summit

    Monday, September 12, 2011

    On Monday, September 12, 2011, ONC launched a consumer campaign to empower and educate patients, caregivers, and individuals managing their day-to-day health about how they can be partners in their health through health IT. National Coordinator Farzad Mostashari was joined by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ senior staff, as well as leaders across the government, and industry leaders from public, private, and non-profit organizations who are all pledging to help consumers engage in their own care through health IT.

  • Federal Strategic Health IT Plan: 2011-2015

    ONC, in collaboration with other federal partners, has just released the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2011-2015 ("the Plan"). The Plan, which was last published in 2008, has been updated to take into account the rapidly changing landscape of health IT and health IT policy.

  • Personal Health Record (PHR) Model Privacy Notice

    ONC has posted new PHR Model Privacy Notice resource materials to assist consumers in obtaining information about PHR companies‘ data practices so they can compare the data practices of two or more PHR companies. The PHR Model Privacy Notice also provides a template and implementation guide for PHR companies to use in disclosing information about their data practices.

  • Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments — Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

    The proposed rule would modify the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule in order to give patients the right to get a copy of their health information, including test results, directly from a clinical lab.