FAQ Topics: HHS Health IT Alignment Program, General
What is health IT?
Health information technology is defined in Section 3000 of the Public Health Service Act and codified at 45 CFR 170.102. The regulation defines health information technology as hardware, software, integrated technologies or related licenses, intellectual property, upgrades, or packaged solutions sold as services that are designed for or support the use by health care entities or patients for the electronic creation, maintenance, access, or exchange of health information.