National Governors Association
State Alliance for e-Health

September 24-25, 2009
Morning

Location: Gaylord National Hotel
201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD 20745

Web participants will be able to send questions directly to the speaker during the
Friday ONC Grant Program session

Preparing to Implement HITECH: A State Guide for Electronic Health Information Exchange
The HITECH Act, enacted as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, expands the role of states in fostering health information exchange and adoption of electronic health records over the next five years. This report recommends actions states should begin undertaking now to successfully implement the HITECH Act.