Washington University Medical Center will serve as a venue for the fourth in a series of congressional subcommittee hearings concerning the use of health information technology to improve the quality and delivery of health care.
The hearing, convened by the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, will occur at 1 p.m. on Sept. 1 in the Eric P. Newman Center’s main auditorium. It is open to the public. The hearing’s title is Using Information Technology: For the Health of It. There also will be discussion and examination of two bills introduced by Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., chairman of the subcommittee, and Rep. Lacy Clay, D-Mo.: H.R. 4859, the Federal Family Health Information Technology Act of 2006, and H.R. 4832, the Electronic Health Information Technology Act of 2006.
James P. Crane, M.D., associate vice chancellor for clinical affairs and chief executive officer of the Washington University faculty practice group — Washington University Physicians — will testify at the hearing. Crane is overseeing the pilot phase introduction of a new electronic medical records system among the University’s physicians.