Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Propose HIT-Related Amendment to SCHIP

Senator Stabenow and Senator Snowe, who co-chair an HIT caucus in the Senate, proposed an amendment to the Senate's State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization bill. 

The amendment modifies the existing bill to require a demonstration of the "impact of the model electronic health record format for children on improving pediatric health, including the effects of chronic childhood health conditions, and pediatric health care quality as well as reducing health care costs." To learn more about the bill, click here.