{"id":2093,"date":"2011-09-12T11:03:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthit.gov\/buzz-blog\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:10:39","slug":"consumer-health-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/consumer-health-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Health IT Summit \u2013 September 12th, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will be hosting the first of-its-kind-Consumer Health IT Summit this afternoon at 1 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-summit-about\">What Is the Summit About? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, will be discussing new innovative and regulatory initiatives in support of consumer access to their health information. 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