Connected Health Initiative – Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of all health IT vendors. They are a trusted resource and voice for our industry so that policymakers at federal, state, and local levels can be better informed about emerging digital health technology. Vendors can help by contributing clinical efficacy studies to CHI’s new Digital Health Evidence Resource Database to bolster their advocacy efforts. Policymaking is a black box For most of us, the mechanism by which new laws are drafted, revised, and enacted on Capitol Hill is a black box…one that most do not wish to open. For a heavily regulated industry like healthcare, however, new regulations and guidelines have a profound impact, so it is in our best interests to pay attention to the latest policies. Lately, the policymakers in Washington have increasingly turned their attention to matters that impact Health IT vendors – specifically digital health and app vendors. Where do these policymakers go to find out more information about this industry? Who is advocating on behalf of the tens of thousands of digital health vendors? To be honest, I didn’t even know to ask this question until I became aware of the Connected Health Initiative (CHI). Healthcare IT Today recently sat down with Brian Scarpelli, Executive Director at CHI to learn more about their important work. What is CHI? CHI is a non-profit organization based in Washington DC that is working to “clarify outdate healt...
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