DIRECTOR OF WASHINGTON & IDAHO REGIONAL EXTENSION CENTER PROVIDES CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Seattle, WA – Peggy Evans, PhD, CPHIT, Director of the Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center (WIREC) testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee of Health, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, in Washington, DC. Dr. Evans joined David Blumenthal, MD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and several others on two panels of witnesses. The hearing examined the implementation of the Heath Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The HITECH Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was