Politech: FC: Twila Brase on health care privacy -- or lack of it

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:29:28 -0500
To: declan () well com
From: Twila Brase CCHC <twila () cchc-mn org>
Subject: Nanotech letter/national data system initiative

Dear Declan,

Thanks for spreading the news about the nanotech letter. We signed on.

Also, while everyone in health care policy is immersed in the Medicare 
debate, another important public debate should be taking place: the 
building of a national health care data system.
We put together a comparison of the national health data system initiatives 
in the two patient safety bills that were debated today in the U.S. Senate 
HELP committee (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions).
The much longer House bill, that passed the House overwhelmingly in March 
includes $25 million in information technology grants and the creation of a 
Medical Information Technology Advisory Board to build health data system 
interoperability across the country. You can find the comparison at: 
http://www.cchconline.org/pr/pr072303.php
Feel free to share it with the list. Thanks!

Twila Brase RN
President, CCHC
651-646-8935





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