Bill Text: PA HR244 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating May 5, 2009, as "Pennsylvania Healthcare Information Technology Day" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2009-04-27 - Adopted [HR244 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR244-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1547
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 244 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SHAPIRO, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BOBACK, BOYD, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, COHEN, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DELOZIER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, JOHNSON, KORTZ, KOTIK, MATZIE, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MENSCH, MILLARD, MILLER, MUNDY, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PAYTON, PICKETT, PRESTON, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTARSIERO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, M. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SWANGER, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD, DALEY, GALLOWAY, GEIST, O'NEILL AND MAHONEY, APRIL 21, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 21, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 5, 2009, as "Pennsylvania Healthcare Information
Technology Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Health care costs represent 16% of gross domestic
product nationally; and
WHEREAS, Seventy percent of health care transactions are
paper-based; and
WHEREAS, The health care industry invests only 5% of revenue
on information technology and management systems, versus 10.5%
of other data-intensive industries, such as banking; and
WHEREAS, The President Barack H. Obama recently signed the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law
111-5, 123 Stat. 115), which allocates $19.2 billion to invest
in health care information technology; and
WHEREAS, A recent study by the Commonwealth Fund has
demonstrated that the use of automated clinical decision support
systems can result in the net reduction of $538 per patient per
hospital stay; and
WHEREAS, The Institute of Medicine reports there are at least
1.5 million preventable adverse drug events per year, each
adding more than $8,700 to the cost of a hospital stay; and
WHEREAS, This nation spends more than $1.9 trillion on health
care per year, yet one-half of that spending is unnecessary
because it is spent on clinical and administrative waste, theft
and excess cost; and
WHEREAS, The American Hospital Association reports that this
Commonwealth's hospitals and health systems are outpacing
hospitals nationally in their adoption and use of clinical
information technology and information management systems; and
WHEREAS, Health care providers in this Commonwealth report an
improved ability to recruit physicians coming out of medical
school when advanced information technology is employed at their
sites; and
WHEREAS, Despite leadership in this area, only 17% of
hospitals in this Commonwealth report that most of their medical
practitioners routinely use information technology for clinical
interventions, such as ordering medications; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 5,
2009, as "Pennsylvania Healthcare Information Technology Day" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
importance of raising awareness of health care information
technology and the vital role it will play in helping to save
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lives and reduce the cost of health care for all citizens of
this Commonwealth; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives welcome friends,
supporters and members of the Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society on their visit to Harrisburg and the
State Capitol to promote better health care in this Commonwealth
through broader adoption of advanced health care information
technology and management systems on this "Pennsylvania
Healthcare Information Technology Day."
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