Business Roundtable Praises House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Advancement of Critical...

Wednesday July 23, 5:42 pm ET WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ivan Seidenberg, chairman of the Business Roundtable Consumer Health and Retirement Initiative and chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc., issued the following statement on today’s review of the Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication Through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008 (PRO(TECH)T Act) by the House Energy and Commerce Committee: "The Business Roundtable commends the House Energy and Commerce Committee for its recognition and broad-based support of legislation to establish a national health IT infrastructure. The Committee’s ongoing collaboration and development of the PRO(TECH)T Act reflects its belief in the enormous potential health IT offers for reforming America’s health care system. "The PRO(TECH)T Act will help speed... [read full story]