Obama kicks off National Health IT Week, touting EHR adoption and precision medicine advances

Healthcare IT News: As National Health IT Week 2016 gets under way, President Barack Obama issued this statement on Sept. 26:

"I send greetings to all those marking National Health IT Week.

"When clinicians, researchers, individuals, and families have access to the tools, information, and resources they need, everyone can lead safer and healthier lives. During National Health IT Week, we recommit ourselves to improving the health of our citizenry using the breakthrough technologies of our time and reaching for the next frontier of innovation.

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