News Room
This area of the site provides access to past news releases, speeches, and testimonies prepared by HHS. It is organized by date.
2008
December 19, 2008
Nationwide Health Information Network Advances: Foundation for Interoperable Health Information Exchange Established -- Path to Nationwide Production Set
December 15, 2008
Secretary Leavitt Announces New Principles, Tools to Protect Privacy, Encourage More Effective Use of Patient Information to Improve Care
September 23, 2008
New Public-Private Group Will Help Accelerate Health IT Adoption To Improve Care
June 3, 2008
ONC-Coordinated Strategic Plan Released
Setting Health IT Milestones Across Federal Agencies
February 20, 2008
HHS Secretary Invites Communities to Apply for An Innovative Electronic Health Record Demonstration Project Use of EHRs Can Improve the Quality of Health Care and Reduce Errors
February 14, 2008
States Advancing Common Approaches to Protecting Electronic Health Information, Report Finds
February 1, 2008
HHS Secretary Awards Health Leaders with Special Distinction for Improving Quality and Value of Health Care
HHS Broadband Fact Sheet
January 22, 2008
HHS Awards Grant to Secure Health Information Technology Advancement In the Private Sector
2007
December 4, 2007
Secretary Leavitt Letter to Congress on Medicare Physician Payment Legislation
November 15, 2007
Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Named
November 13, 2007
HHS Takes New Steps to Bring Health Information Technology to Americans
October 5, 2007
HHS Awards Contracts for Trial Implementations of the Nationwide Health Information Network
September 26, 2007
$21 Million Awarded to Help States Enhance Mental Health Data Recording and Reporting Systems
August 7, 2007
HHS Outlines Next Steps to Create Public-Private AHIC Successor
June 12, 2007
HHS Announces Plan To Transition The American Health Information Community To Private Sector
April 18, 2007
Permanent National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Named
February 28, 2007
HHS Contracts with AHIMA, eHI and HIMSS to Develop and Disseminate Successful Practices for State Health Information Exchange Organizations
2006
December 8, 2006
HHS Advances Nationwide Health Information Network Initiative
October 19, 2006
State Alliance for e-Health (State Alliance) Now Underway
September 20, 2006
Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Regarding Appointment of Interim National Coordinator for Health IT
August 22, 2006
President Directs Federal Agencies to Provide Health Care Quality and Price Information for Consumers
August 01, 2006
New Regulations to Facilitate Adoption of Health Information Technology
July 18, 2006
First Certified Electronic Health Records Products Announced
May 17, 2006
American Health Information Community Approves First Set of Recommendations
2005
November 17, 2005
HHS Enters Into Agreements to Support Digital Health Recovery for the Gulf Coast
November 7, 2005
November 7, 2005 Press Release Announcing NHIN Prototype Contract Awards
October 6, 2005
AHRQ Awards Over $22.3 Million in Health Information Technology Implementation Grants
HHS Awards Contracts to Advance Nationwide Interoperable Health Information Technology
October 6, 2005 Press Release Announcing Contract Awards
Requests for Proposals
October 5, 2005
HHS Accelerates Use of E-prescribing and Electronic Health Records
September 13, 2005
Commissioners Selected for American Health Information Community
July 14, 2005
Call for Nominations for Collaboration on Health IT
June 22, 2005
President Discusses HIT during Energy Policy, Economic Security Speech
June 14, 2005
President Discussed HIT during 2005 President's Dinner
June 6, 2005
Secretary Leavitt Announces Vision for Health IT Including American Health Information Community and Requests for Proposals Request for Proposals Fact Sheet [PDF - 110KB]
June 3, 2005
HHS Releases Report on Nationwide Health Information Exchange
Summary Report [PDF - 764KB]
May 11, 2005
HHS Secretary and Leading U.S. Companies Say Health Information Technology Should Be Urgent Priority
April 26, 2005
Indian Health Service Shares Electronic Health Record System with NASA
March 16, 2005
HHS Secretary Leavitt and New York Governor Pataki Announce Important Step Towards Medicaid Reform
Modernizing Medicaid – Remarks by Secretary Leavitt
March 15, 2005
New Study Shows Limited Use of Electronic Medical Records
March 8, 2005
New AHRQ-Funded Study on Computerized Order Entry Finds Flaws That Could Lead to Errors, Points to Opportunities for Improvement
February 17, 2005
Brailer’s Key Note at 2005 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, Texas
January 27, 2005
HHS Proposes New Medicare E-Prescribing Rules Process Will Improve Quality, Accuracy
2004
October 13, 2004
HHS Awards $139 Million to Drive Adoption of Health Information Technology
July 21, 2004
Thompson Launches "Decade of Health Information Technology
HHS Fact Sheet--HIT Report At-A-Glance
July 16, 2004
First National Coordinator's Report On Health Information Technology To Be Released at July 21 "Summit"
May 6, 2004
Secretary Thompson, Seeking Fastest Possible Results, Names First Health Information Technology Coordinator
HHS Fact Sheet--Harnessing Information Technology to Improve Health Care
April 26, 2004
President Unveils Tech Initiatives for Energy, Health Care, Internet
Transforming Health Care: The President's Health Information Technology Plan
2008
February 26, 2008 - (Leavitt)
January 22, 2008 - (Leavitt)
2007
September 18, 2007 - (Leavitt)
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Blog Posting
Subject: Sec. Leavitt blogs about personalized medicine and the humane genome with an analogy to golf.
2006
November 17, 2006 - (Leavitt)
November 11, 2006 - (Leavitt)
October 19, 2006 - (Leavitt)
September 26, 2006 - (Leavitt)
August 6, 2006 - (Leavitt)
August 1, 2006 - (Leavitt)
2005
October 7, 2005 - (Leavitt)
Testimony
2007
November 1, 2007 - Administration's Vision for Interoperable Health IT -- Robert Kolodner, M.D., National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
June 19, 2007 - Protecting Patient Privacy in Healthcare Information Systems -- Robert Kolodner, M.D., National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
February 1, 2007 - Private Health Records: Privacy Implications of the Federal Government's Health Information Technology Initiative -- Robert Kolodner, M.D., Interim National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2006
June 22, 2006 - Accelerating the Adoption of Health Information Technology -- Jodi G. Daniel, J.D., M.P.H., Director, Policy and Research, Office of National Coordinator for Health IT
April 6, 2006 - Activities of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology before The Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health United States House of Representatives -- David J. Brailer, M.D., Ph.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services
2005
September 29, 2005 -- David J. Brailer, MD, Ph.d, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS
Subject: Full Committee Hearing on Healthcare and the IT Revolution
Before: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform
July 27, 2005 -- David J. Brailer, MD, Ph.d, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS
Subject: Is there a Doctor in the Mouse?: Using Information Technology to Improve Health Care
Before: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization
July 20, 2005-- Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Subject: Health Information Technology (IT)
Before: The Committee on the Budget, United States Senate
June 30, 2005-- David J. Brailer, MD, Ph.d, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS
Subject: Activities of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Before: The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness, US Senate
March 3, 2005-- Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Subject: President's FY 2006 Budget for The Department of Health and Human Services
Before: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
February 17, 2005-- The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Subject: FY 2006 Budget
Before: The Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives
February 17, 2005-- The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Subject: FY06 Budget for the Department of Health and Human Services
Before: The Committee On Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives
February 16, 2005-- The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Subject: Budget Hearing FY06
Before: The Committee on Finance, United States Senate
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