The American Health Information Community released a set of thirty proposals yesterday designed to encourage healthcare providers to adopt electronic medical records and other information technology. Proposals include standards for commonly used laboratory tests, e-mail security and health record templates. The American Health Information Community is the private-public consortium charged with driving information technology adoption in healthcare. The group is chaired by HHS Sec. Mike Leavitt. Also of note is an initiative that would create a regulatory framework for clinicians to provide online medical care across state lines. It's a potentially thorny issue since few laws currently address the practice of medicine in cyberspace.
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