A current focus in on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its impact on the healthcare industry. HITI staff also publishes articles covering ths policy issue with the hope of furthering discussions with the key players involved with these issues. Listed below are more articles covering this topic. The following presentations were given at various conferences and cover policy and technical issues related to the use of technology in the healthcare industry. Thus, healthcare providers can become more aware of the potential value of the use of IT in healthcare and technical experts can become more sensitive and responsive to the needs of the healthcare community.
Fellows work on real world projects relating to the application of technology in the health arena.
Currently, HITI is working with fellows from The Johns Hopkins Preventive Medicine Residency Program of the School of Hygeine and Public Health.