3.0.0 2003 2023-01-15T09:17:37Z 2023-01-15T09:17:37Z Senate S S 2003-12-09 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-12-09T22:37:52Z 2003-12-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-12-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16138-16140) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-09-27 False Health Access to health care Biomedical engineering Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinical trials Communication in medicine Computer software Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Executive reorganization Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Health information systems Health planning Hospital care Hospitals Human engineering Identification devices Information technology Licenses Life sciences Medical economics Medical fees Medical malpractice Medical records Medical research Medical technology Medicare Physicians Quality of care Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Standards Strategic planning Technology assessment Telemedicine Transfer of employees Health 00 2003-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-16T19:09:34Z Health Information for Quality Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish: (1) an Office of National Healthcare Information Infrastructure to develop a strategic plan to create such an infrastructure; and (2) a Medical Systems Safety Initiative to conduct research on improving and advancing medical care. Requires efforts to increase information technology usage and efficiency in health care to improve the quality of patient care and safety, while protecting privacy and security of information.

Prohibits health insurers from denying and preventing individuals with serious illnesses participation in approved clinical trials. Supports research on: (1) how best to care for older patients with multiple chronic conditions; and (2) the effectiveness and safety of prescription drugs with a high level of use in federally funded health programs.

Requires the development and use of standardized indicators of health care quality. Supports data collection and analysis to assess health care quality in communities and among people of different backgrounds.

Requires a study on approaches to developing and disseminating practice guidelines that synthesize the scientific evidence to support clinical practice.

Requires an evaluation of options to align health care performance with payment, including Medicare payments.

Supports projects to assess the feasibility of using different organizations to disseminate information about health care quality to consumers.

Awards grants for research on patient experiences. Requires the development of standardized materials to assist non-English speaking or functionally illiterate patients in the safe and appropriate use of prescription drugs.

]]> Health Information for Quality Improvement Act Display Title Health Information for Quality Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote higher quality health care and better health by strengthening health information, information infrastructure, and the use of health information by providers and patients. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Information for Quality Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2003-12-09T05:00:00Z 2003-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.