The HHS: Giving your personal information away, one insurance company at a time!

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today selected 16 commissioners to serve on the American Health Information Community (the Community), a federally-chartered commission charged with advising the Secretary on how to make health information digital and interoperable. The work of the Community will help the country achieve the President's goal of having most Americans using interoperable electronic health records within 10 years. Patients, doctors,hospitals and insurance companies will have access to vital and confidentiality-protected medical information immediately and efficiently, helping to reduce medical errors, improve quality, lower costs and eliminate paperwork hassle.