Florida Senate - 2014                            (NP)    SR 1502
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01854-14                                           20141502__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution designating the week of April 7-13, 2014,
    3         as “Health Information Technology Week” in Florida.
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    5         WHEREAS, health information technology and management
    6  systems have been recognized as essential tools for improving
    7  the quality of patient care, ensuring patient safety,
    8  eliminating duplicative tests and paperwork, and reducing health
    9  care costs, and
   10         WHEREAS, health information technology connects physicians
   11  and patients to more complete and accurate health records, and
   12         WHEREAS, Florida has made a commitment to realizing the
   13  benefits of health information technology, including supporting
   14  the adoption of electronic health records that will help to
   15  reduce costs and improve quality while ensuring the privacy of
   16  patients, and
   17         WHEREAS, aligning the use of electronic health records with
   18  other reporting efforts is critical to improving clinical
   19  outcomes for patients, controlling costs, and expanding access
   20  to care through the use of technology, and
   21         WHEREAS, Florida is proud to honor the commitment and
   22  service of the clinicians, information technology executives,
   23  directors, and managers who work in the state’s health care
   24  provider institutions, payor organizations, military and other
   25  branches of government, academic centers, and supplier and
   26  consulting companies, and
   27         WHEREAS, since 2006, organizations across the country have
   28  united to support Health Information Technology Week and to
   29  expand public awareness of the benefits of the implementation of
   30  health information technology, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   32  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   34         That the week of April 7-13, 2014, is recognized as “Health
   35  Information Technology Week” in Florida.