Guest Column: The Congressional Shift And Health IT

By Justin Barnes, former vice president, Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc.

With a Republican majority in the House of Representatives, many have begun to speculate whether funding for the health IT aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act are in jeopardy. This article provides expert insight on why you should trust in current and future meaningful use funding.