,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eecg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,comptroller 
,general to conduct a study of the      
interoperability of computer systems    
used by hospitals to store and access   
electronic health records1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,study on               
interoperability of computer systems    
used by hospitals to store and access   
electronic health records  7a7 ,study   
,the ,comptroller ,general shall conduct
 a study of the interoperability of     
computer systems used by hospitals to   
store and access electronic health      
records1 which shall explore--  7#a7 the
 extent to which it is possible for such
 computer systems to be interoperable to
 enable authorized personnel of more    
than one hospital to access and update  
the electronic health records of the    

same patient2  7#b7 the identity of     
hospitals in the ,united ,states that   
use1 at the time the study is conducted1
 computer systems with the ability to   
allow authorized personnel of more than 
one hospital to access and update the   
electronic health records of the same   
patient2  7#c7 the reasons why hospitals
 in the ,united ,states do not have     
computer systems with such ability at   
the time the study is conducted2 and    
7#d7 the extent to which increased      
interoperability of such computer       
systems allows hospitals to more        
effectively coordinate the care of      
patients4  7b7 ,report ,not later than  
#f months after date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general   
shall submit to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means of the ,house of             
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  
,representatives a report on the study  
conducted under subsection 7a71         
including such recommendations as the   

,comptroller ,general considers         
appropriate regarding the use of        
interoperable computer systems by       
hospitals to store and access electronic
 health records as a method of improving
 the coordination of care of patients4