How have legislation like the HITECH Act impacted health information technology in the clinical setting?

After reading the textbook chapters assigned this week, how have legislation like the HITECH Act impacted health information technology in the clinical setting? What is your role in protecting data and electronic information? What actions will you take as a DNP leader to ensure you are up to date on legislation impacting the use of technology in healthcare?



Journal Response Expectations

Journal responses must be entered before Each short-answer Journal response will be a minimum of 300 words; no citation, reference, or APA style is necessary.

References:

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. (2021). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (5th ed.). Jones and Bartlett. . Read chapters 3, 8, & 12.

Additional resourses:

What is the HITECH act? (2014-2022). HIPAA Journal. https://www.hipaajournal.com/what-is-the-hitech-act/

Abraham, R., Schneider, J., & vom Brocke, J. (2019). Data governance: A conceptual framework, structured review, and research agenda. International Journal of Information Management, 49, 424-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.07.008.