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HHS SUPPORTS INCREASING IT IN HEALTH CARE

Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt talks about how information technology should be encouraged in the health care field during a news conference in Washington on May 11, 2005. Behind Leavitt is David Brailer, national coordinator of health information technology at HHS. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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