Benefits of Health IT

Over the past 20 years, our nation has undergone an extraordinary transformation due to information technology (IT). Until now, relatively few Americans have had the opportunity to use this kind of technology to enhance some of the most important relationships: those related to their health.

Learn how Health IT can improve health care for you, your family, and your community.

Privacy and Security

If your health information is sent or used electronically, it's important that you trust the systems that protect it. Federal law specifies the steps your doctors, insurers, and others must take to keep your health information private and secure.

Learn more about health information privacy and security

Enter the Blue Button Video Challenge—Deadline Nov 13 (#MyBlueBtn)

In an effort to increase awareness of Blue Button, which signifies that you—as an individual patient—can get electronic access to your health information, we invite you to enter the Blue Button Video Challenge. Cash prizes are available to the winners.

Learn more about the Blue Button Video Challenge

“I Want My Kids to Have the Best Care”

Lilianne Wright, upon hiking in the Grand Canyon, suffered from severe stages of diabetic ketoacidosis, which brought her to the brink of death. Ms. Wright recovered, but found that managing her disease was and still is complicated, because her doctors can’t easily share her medical records. Today, her two children are reaping the benefits of EHRs.

Read her story