Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 29, 2012
On June 19th, the White House and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (HIT) held an invitation-only Town Hall meeting in the Executive Office Building of the White House Complex to discuss the status of HIT. White House members in attendance included Cecilia Munoz, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and Liz Fowler, special assistant to the president for healthcare and economic policy. The session was moderated by ONC director Farzad Mostashari, MD, who announced that 110,000 providers had attained incentive payments from CMS thus far for the Meaningful Use of certified electronic health records (EHRs). A total of 88 HIT stakeholders from diverse backgrounds (hospitals, clinics, the payer community, universities and others) accepted invitations to attend, including seven members of the e-MDs community (six e-MDs users and the e-MDs President and CEO).