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Is The HITECH Act Working? A Summary of its Effect on Healthcare

Most people within the healthcare community probably associate the HITECH Act with the stiffer penalties it brought to hospitals found to have violated HIPAA’s privacy and security rules concerning electronic health information. They may also consider the impact HITECH has had on hospital safety and security as facilities can now access information on a patient’s history to more accurately predict the likelihood that problems may arise during care.

But while those outcomes were certainly major consequences of the HITECH Act, they were only part of a larger goal for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Here’s a summary of the act’s success based on the goals of its creators.