Contact: Katie Glenn, kglenn@acc.org, 202-375-6472

WASHINGTON (Jul 23, 2015) -

A statement from American College of Cardiology Informatics and Health Information Technology Task Force member Michael J. Mirro, M.D., FACC, regarding his testimony during today's Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on health information blocking:

"As I said during today's Senate HELP Committee hearing on the important issue of health information blocking, many electronic health record vendors provide the functionality needed by the health care community, but also require the purchase of the specific company's health IT products to make the elements of the EHRs fully interoperable," said American College of Cardiology Informatics and Health Information Technology Task Force member Michael J. Mirro, M.D., FACC.

"In emergency situations, the rapid, secure exchange of health information is critical. We must work toward rewarding interoperability and discouraging information blocking. I commend Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray for their dedication to achieving these goals."

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