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A New Coalition Aims to Promote the Rapid Deployment of Health-Care Information Technology
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(OPEN):
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE NANCY JOHNSON AND FORMER SENATOR JOHN
BREAUX ARE LEADING A COALITION--"HEALTH I-T NOW!"--TO PROMOTE
THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF HEALTH-CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. THE
TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS EXPLAIN THE LIFE-SAVING--AND
COST-SAVING--BENEFITS OF HEALTH-CARE I-T, AND WHY CONGRESS NEEDS TO ACT.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON...
(JOHNSON):
"THE DEBATE OVER HOW TO DEPLOY HEALTH I-T HAS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH;
PATIENTS, HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, AND EMPLOYERS ARE NOW STEPPING UP--AND
SAYING IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ACT. THERE'S BROAD CONSENSUS ON A
SERIES OF STEPS THAT CONGRESS MUST TAKE, TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS,
ESTABLISH GUIDELINES, AND EMPOWER PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES. CONGRESS NEEDS TO ACT THIS
YEAR."
(BRIDGE):
SENATOR BREAUX AGREES...
(BREAUX):
"IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ACT, SO THAT OUR HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM CAN
BEGIN TO DELIVER TO PATIENTS THE BENEFITS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY
MISSING. HEALTH I-T WILL ALLOW DOCTORS TO REVIEW VITAL
INFORMATION, WITH NO GAPS. WE WILL BE ABLE TO BETTER TRACK AND
TREAT DISEASE OUTBREAKS DURING DISASTERS, SUCH AS HURRICANE KATRINA.
AND, MEDICAL WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO INSTANTLY RETRIEVE RECORDS, FOR
EMERGENCY TREATMENT."
(CLOSE):
TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON "HEALTH I-T NOW!", VISIT
W-W-W-DOT-"HEALTH-I-T-NOW"-DOT-ORG.
