Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04980.html ---- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:29:28 -0500 To: declanat_private From: Twila Brase CCHC <twila@cchc-mn.org> Subject: Nanotech letter/national data system initiative Dear Declan, Thanks for spreading the news about the nanotech letter. We signed on. Also, while everyone in health care policy is immersed in the Medicare debate, another important public debate should be taking place: the building of a national health care data system. We put together a comparison of the national health data system initiatives in the two patient safety bills that were debated today in the U.S. Senate HELP committee (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions). The much longer House bill, that passed the House overwhelmingly in March includes $25 million in information technology grants and the creation of a Medical Information Technology Advisory Board to build health data system interoperability across the country. You can find the comparison at: http://www.cchconline.org/pr/pr072303.php Feel free to share it with the list. Thanks! Twila Brase RN President, CCHC 651-646-8935 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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