February 19, 2009
Health Information Technology Privacy SummaryOn February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (hereafter ARRA). One of the many goals of the ARRA is to
encourage the adoption of electronic medical records by doctors and hospitals. One of
the most significant barriers to this process is the lack of powerful existing safeguards for
patient information.
