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Proc 8711ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 8711

National Health Information Technology Week, 2011

President Obama proclaimed September 11-17, 2011 as National Health Information Technology Week, urging Americans to learn about health IT benefits and encouraging adoption of electronic health records. The proclamation highlights existing policies from the 2009 Recovery Act but issues no new policy directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 76 FR 57617

Impact dates

  1. start of National Health Information Technology Week

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • proclamation of commemorative week September 11-17, 2011

Near term (90d)

—

Long term

—

Risks & tensions

None flagged.

Proclamation 8711: National Health Information Technology Week, 2011 · Executive Orders