Published online December 16, 2008
PEDIATRICS Vol. 123 Supplement January 2009, pp. S125-S127 (doi:10.1542/peds.2008-1755O)
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SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE


The Public Role in Promoting Child Health Information Technology

Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSca,b, P. Jonathan White, MDa and Carolyn Clancy, MDa

a Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
b Center for Health Care Quality, Division of Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, and Division of General Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

The public sector plays an important role in promoting child health information technology. Public sector support is essential in 5 main aspects of child health information technology, namely, data standards, pediatric functions in health information systems, privacy policies, research and implementation funding, and incentives for technology adoption. Some innovations in health information technology for adult populations can be transferred to or adapted for children, but there also are unique needs in the pediatric population. Development of health information technology that addresses children's needs and effective adoption of that technology are critical for US children to receive care of the highest possible quality in the future.

Key Words: health information technology • pediatric data standards • electronic health record • public policy

Abbreviations: HIT—health information technology • HIS—health information system • EHR—electronic health record • PHR—personal health record

Accepted Sep 11, 2008.


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