Reigniting the charge for IT. Leavitt will spearhead federal effort to develop national healthcare IT network, but question remains: who will pay?
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, left, confronted the IT challenge last week by announcing he will oversee efforts to establish a nationwide healthcare IT system. "I believe we have to transform healthcare just as the railroads transformed transportation in America," Leavitt said, when announcing his plans at a HIMSS meeting. His new advisory committee, the American Health Information Community, will help set standards.
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