title: Government's public policy in regards to the National Health Information Infrastructure: two approaches.
abstract: Public policy conducted whether by government institutions or by legislators has a definitive impact on society as whole. This presentation analyses these two approaches: (1) describing relevant activities conducted by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and (2) analyzing legislation that makes direct reference to the National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII).
authors.affiliation: Center for Biomedical Informatics, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. mit7@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Miguel Humberto
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Torres-Urquidy
mesh_terms: D006076:Government; D006291:Health Policy; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.) / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States