HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association Supports Economic Stimulus Package as Key to Healthcare Transformation

CHICAGO, Feb 17, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Electronic Health Records Association (EHR Association), in partnership with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), supports the compromise legislation to provide economic stimulus through funding of health information technology (HIT), promulgation of standards and enhancements to privacy regulations, as signed into law by President Barack Obama as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.