123STA T . 22 9PUBLIC LA W 111 –5—FE B.1 7, 2 0 09 practi ti one r , orc l inician d eter m ined appropriate by t h e S ec - retary .‘ ‘ (4)HEALTHINFORM ATION. —T he term ‘health in f ormation ’ ha s the meanin g gi v ens u ch term in section 1 1 7 1(4) of the Social Security A ct. ‘‘( 5 ) HEALTH INFORMATION TE C HNOLO GY .—The term ‘health information technology’ means hard w are, software, integrated technologies or related licenses, intellectual property, upgrades, or pac k aged solutions sold as services that are designed for or support the use by health care entities or patients for the electronic creation, maintenance, access, or e x change of health information ‘‘( 6 ) HEALTH P LAN.—The term ‘health plan’ has the meaning given such term in section 1171(5) of the Social Security Act. ‘‘(7) H I T POLICY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘HIT P olicy C om- mittee’ means such Committee established under section 30 0 2 (a). ‘‘( 8 ) HIT S TAN D ARDS COMMITTEE.—The term ‘HIT Standards Committee’ means such Committee established under section 3003(a). ‘‘( 9 ) INDI V ID U ALLY IDENTIFIA B LE HEALTH INFORMATION.— The term ‘individually identifiable health information’ has the meaning given such term in section 1171(6) of the Social Secu- rity Act. ‘‘(10) L ABORATORY.—The term ‘laboratory’ has the meaning given such term in section 353(a). ‘‘(11) N ATIONAL COORDINATOR.—The term ‘National Coordi- nator’ means the head of the O ffice of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology established under section 3001(a). ‘‘(12) PHARMACIST.—The term ‘pharmacist’ has the meaning given such term in section 804(2) of the F ederal Food, D rug, and Cosmetic Act. ‘‘(13) Q UALIFIED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD.—The term ‘ q ualified electronic health record’ means an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that— ‘‘(A) includes patient demographic and clinical health information, such as medical history and problem lists
and ‘‘( B ) has the capacity— ‘‘(i) to provide clinical decision support; ‘‘(ii) to support physician order entry; ‘‘(iii) to capture and query information relevant to health care quality; and ‘‘(iv) to exchange electronic health information with, and integrate such information from other sources. ‘‘(14) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto R ico, the V irgin Islands, G uam, American Samoa, and the Northern M ariana Islands.
