PRINTER'S NO. 1335
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
286
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, REED, DONATUCCI, SCHLOSSBERG, CAUSER,
READSHAW, PICKETT, MACKENZIE, COHEN, WARD, MILLARD, KNOWLES,
V. BROWN, DiGIROLAMO, SONNEY, DUSH, SCHREIBER, McNEILL,
PASHINSKI, LONGIETTI, THOMAS, A. HARRIS, GROVE, KINSEY,
HARHART, ROSS, PAYNE, VEREB, CALTAGIRONE, MARSICO, MAHONEY,
CUTLER, GINGRICH, KIRKLAND, MAJOR, GIBBONS, FEE, BIZZARRO AND
ZIMMERMAN, APRIL 24, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 24, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating Tuesday, May 12, 2015, as "Pennsylvania Health Care
Information Technology Awareness Day."
WHEREAS, Health care costs represent 17.4% of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) nationally; and
WHEREAS, Seventy percent of health care transactions are
paper based; and
WHEREAS, The health care industry invests only 5% of revenue
on information technology and management systems versus 10.5% of
other data-intensive industries such as banking; and
WHEREAS, The United States spends more than $2.9 trillion on
health care a year, yet some of that spending is unnecessary and
spent on clinical and administrative waste, theft and excess
costs; and
WHEREAS, Spending on health care has risen over 40% in the
last decade; and
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