Wired for Health Care Quality Act
Latest action · Jan 3, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wired for Health Care Quality Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology to develop a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the public-private American Health Information Collaborative to recommend uniform policies to support the widespread adoption of health information technology; and (2) adopt recommended modifications to standards for the electronic exchange of health information.
Prohibits any federal agency from expending federal funds to purchase health information technology that is inconsistent with adopted standards and requires all federal agencies collecting health data to comply with such standards.
Requires the Secretary to develop criteria to: (1) ensure uniform and consistent implementation of any standards voluntarily adopted by private entities; and (2) ensure and certify hardware, software, and support services compliance with adopted standards.
Allows the Secretary to award grants to: (1) facilitate the purchase and enhance the utilization of qualified health information technology systems; (2) implement regional or local health information plans; and (3) develop academic programs integrating qualified health information technology systems in the clinical education of health professionals.
Requires the heads of specified federal agencies to develop a system to measure the quality of care patients receive. Requires the Secretary to: (1) adopt and utilize such system; (2) disseminate recommendations and best practices derived from the analysis of quality measures; and (3) study methods to create efficient reimbursement incentives for improving health care quality.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ), to develop a Center for Best Practices to provide technical assistance and develop best practices to support and accelerate efforts to adopt, implement, and effectively use interoperable health information technology.
Reauthorizes appropriations for grants to reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telemedicine.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 18, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 3, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 18, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1418 | Wired for Health Care Quality Act | Identical bill | Dec 16, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care in the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wired for Health Care Quality Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Authorization
- Biological warfare
- Chronically ill
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Communicable diseases
- Communication in medicine
- Computer security measures
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost control
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic data interchange
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Epidemiology
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health information systems
- Higher education
- Hospitals
- Information technology
- Law
- Licenses
- Medical economics
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Patient satisfaction
- Performance measurement
- Presidential appointments
- Preventive medicine
- Public-private partnerships
- Quality of care
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- State laws
- Strategic planning
- Telemedicine
- Telephone
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2005Introduced in House
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