Improving Health Information Technology Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Improving Health Information Technology Act This bill amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) reduce regulatory burdens relating to electronic health records (EHR), (2) publish statistics for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and (3) establish an index of digital contact information to encourage exchange of health information. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to: (1) encourage, keep, or recognize the certification of health information technology (IT) for use in medical specialties; and (2) issue guidance and convene stakeholders regarding the secure exchange of electronic health information. HHS must develop a rating system for health IT. Health IT with a low rating must be improved by the developer or decertified. A provider whose adopted health IT is decertified is exempt from certain penalties. The bill sets forth requirements for health IT, certification criteria, and health IT developers. Developers of health IT and providers may be penalized for engagi…