The Health Information Technology Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice

Abstract

This installment of Law and the Public's Health represents the first of a two-part review of the health information technology (HIT) provisions contained in the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). 1 This part reviews the new federal HIT legislative and regulatory infrastructure as well as the Medicare and Medicaid HIT adoption incentives.Part 2 will consider the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy reforms contained in ARRA.Because HIT represents an increasingly essential tool in public health practice, how ARRA alters the environment for public health policy and practice is of crucial importance.

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