[Peoria, IL] –Health information technology improves the quality of healthcare delivery, increases patient safety, decreases medical errors, and strengthens the interaction between patients and healthcare providers.

To mark the important role health information technology plays in improving healthcare delivery in America, the Central Illinois Health Information Exchange and others across the U.S. have joined together to celebrate National Health Information Technology (NHIT) Week , September 16-20, 2013.

The NHIT Week theme: One Voice, One Vision: Transforming Health and Care and the benefits of health information exchange will be shared next week through CIHIE’s blog and social media outreach. Lauren Wiseman, CIHIE’s Implementation Specialist, will be blogging about the latest health IT topics from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) national conference.

“Our participation in National Health IT Week highlights our organization’s commitment to ensure health information technology and health information exchange are integrated, interactive, interoperable, and used to provide the best patient outcomes”, said Joy Duling, CIHIE Executive Director.

For additional information about National Health IT Week, visit www.healthitweek.org/.