DeGette Hosts Roundtable Discussion with Experts in Digital Health Care

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Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (MI-06) hosted a roundtable discussion with leading experts in the field of digital health care as part of the bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative.

"The 21st Century Cures initiative is a rare effort in Congress where there are no preconceptions about what we are going to do before we do it." said Rep. DeGette. "I am excited that this initiative will take a big picture look at our health care system in this country: the research, approval process, and how we get it to clinical application to make it more affective for patients and keep our preeminence in the world as the leader in biomedical research.

"There are a lot of topics that can fall under digital health care: tele-medicine, the potential for harnessing the vast amount of information collected via electronic health records for research, and the development of mobile medical applications. The opportunity to hear directly from the leading experts at today's discussion will have an important impact on our approach to medical innovation in the United States going forward."

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