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Health Information Technology (IT)

Health IT can put medical information right at your doctor's fingertips, rather than relying on phone, fax or paper.

The effective implementation and use of health IT is absolutely essential for improving the quality and safety of health care. That's why the National Partnership has been there every step of the way — to ensure that it gets done right!

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About CPeH

Consumer Partnership for eHealth (CPeH) is a coalition of more than 50 consumer, patient and labor organizations working at the national, state and local levels to advance private and secure health IT in ways that measurably improve the lives of individuals and their families. Learn more »

Reality Bytes — Health IT Blog

Why Health IT is Truly the Cat's Meow
Those of us who work in the health IT world spend our days analyzing policies, creating advocacy strategies, and talking about meaningful use criteria, quality improvement, and care coordination till we're blue in the face. But how does that play out when we leave the office? More often than not, we bring our work home.

Featured Resources

Making IT Meaningful: How Consumers Value and Trust Health IT
The National Partnership and Professor Alan Westin, Ph.D., commissioned a study that, for the first time, details consumer perceptions of the value of and trust in electronic and paper medical record systems. Read more »

Top Ten Consumer Benefits of Health Information Technology (April 2013)
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program (e.g. “Meaningful Use”) is an essential catalyst for improving the quality, safety and efficiency of care. Patients and families have already begun to experience early benefits, which will grow exponentially in coming years. Read more »

Accelerating Health Information Exchange and Interoperability (April 2013)
We know that patients and families want their providers to talk to each other and share health information. As EHRs and other forms of health IT become more commonplace, it is equally important that these systems are able to communicate with each other — otherwise known as interoperability. Read more »

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Nothing is more powerful than the real-life stories of patients in demonstrating what works in our health care system, and where it fails us. And there’s nothing like a compelling story to get policy makers and activists fired up about their work. We want to hear from you »