Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	H.C.R. No. 20
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4	4	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	5	WHEREAS, The Institute of Medicine estimated in its report To
6	6	Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System that more American
7	7	lives are lost each year from preventable medical errors than those
8	8	lost to breast cancer, AIDS, or motor vehicle accidents; and
9	9	WHEREAS, Nearly one-fifth of these preventable errors occur
10	10	because health care providers cannot get immediate access to the
11	11	health information they need, and this lack of access causes many
12	12	individuals to undergo unnecessary diagnostic tests and procedures
13	13	that increase their health care costs; and
14	14	WHEREAS, Health information technology can be used to improve
15	15	the quality, safety, and efficiency of the health care system for
16	16	all Texans as well as to reduce costs; recognizing these important
17	17	benefits, state policy makers have sought to increase awareness and
18	18	promote adoption of health information technology by creating the
19	19	Texas Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, the Texas
20	20	Health Care System Integrity Partnership, the State Health
21	21	Information Architecture, and, more recently, the Texas Health
22	22	Services Authority; and
23	23	WHEREAS, On January 27, 2009, the Austin, Dallas Fort Worth,
24	24	and South Central Texas chapters of the Healthcare Information and
25	25	Management Systems Society together with the College of Healthcare
26	26	Information Management Executives are cosponsoring the Texas
27	27	Healthcare Information Technology Forum; with a mission to improve
28	28	public awareness through education, the forum provides an
29	29	opportunity for citizens and organizations to discuss and promote
30	30	the importance of health care information for all; now, therefore,
31	31	be it
32	32	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
33	33	hereby designate January 27, 2009, as Texas Healthcare Information
34	34	Technology Day, commend participants at the Texas Healthcare
35	35	Information Technology Forum for attempting to raise awareness
36	36	through education, and honor those individuals responsible for
37	37	furthering the adoption of health information technology
38	38	throughout the state.
39	39	Zerwas
40	40	______________________________ ______________________________
41	41	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
42	42	I certify that H.C.R. No. 20 was adopted by the House on
43	43	January 27, 2009, by a non-record vote.
44	44	______________________________
45	45	Chief Clerk of the House
46	46	I certify that H.C.R. No. 20 was adopted by the Senate on
47	47	January 28, 2009, by a viva-voce vote.
48	48	______________________________
49	49	Secretary of the Senate
50	50	APPROVED: __________________
51	51	Date
52	52	__________________
53	53	Governor