Accelerating Health Information Technology Innovation

November 5, 2010

People no longer go to their doctor first to solve their healthcare questions. They go to the Internet. The Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 83 percent of Internet users search to find health information. Could a wave of innovation in health information technology, or HIT, from Internet software to electronic health records, be a key driver of reducing costs and improving healthcare quality in America? (Science Progress)