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Clinical Informatics Policy and Regulations

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The U.S. health policy process involves a complex interplay of competing priorities and interests in the public and private sectors, including federal and state governments, private health care provider systems, academic health centers, independent research and policy organizations, industry and professional associations, and consumer organizations. This chapter provides an overview of the health policy development process, focusing on factors in the legislative and regulatory environment that most directly affect practicing clinical informaticians, and it describes the major federal agencies, Congressional committees of jurisdiction, and legislation that affect the field of Health Information Technology (HIT). We also identify some outstanding policy challenges facing the HIT community.

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  1. Evidence Generation and Translation, AcademyHealth, 1150 17th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20036, USA

    Margo Edmunds PhD

  2. Washington Health Strategies Group, Washington, DC, USA

    Doug Peddicord PhD

  3. Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    David Westfall Bates MD, MHS

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    John T. Finnell

  2. Richard M. Fairbank School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA

    Brian E. Dixon

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Edmunds, M., Peddicord, D., Bates, D.W. (2016). Clinical Informatics Policy and Regulations. In: Finnell, J., Dixon, B. (eds) Clinical Informatics Study Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22753-5_3

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