TIA's Health Information Technology Working Group (HITWG) is committed to ensure that the U.S. health care system remains the safest and most efficient in the world by fully leveraging the broad array of solutions available in the health information technology ecosystem, which includes the devices, systems, software applications, and other technologies that store, share, and analyze health information, to enhance eCare. TIA’s HITWG advocates for the increased adoption and implementation of innovative information and communications technologies (ICT) that help bring health care systems into the 21st century. Advanced communications services such as remote patient monitoring can connect patients, health care providers, and medical professionals in ways never seen before. By leveraging these new communications technologies that enable eCare solutions, such as the transmission of electronic health records (EHR’s) and the real-time sharing of patient-generated health data (PGHD), and allowing face-to-face visits without the obstacles of time and location, Americans can realize the full potential of a modern health care system.
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We hope that China will use this break in the negotiations to reexamine its approach to the negotiations to expand the ITA and focus on reducing its overly large list of sensitive products. If China is ready to move forward to conclude the expansion of the ITA this year then the ITA Expansion is achievable this year.
As part of a large U.S. industry delegation representing a broad array of ICT manufacturers, TIA is in Geneva, Switzerland this week to cheer on the trade negotiators who are working hard to conclude the negotiations to expand the product coverage of the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The ITA remains one of the most commercially important WTO trade agreements – by eliminating tariffs on a broad range of ICT products, the ITA lowers the cost and improves access to these products, which are vital to the economic competitiveness of all economies around the world.
The Telecommunications Industry Association was in Geneva last week along with AdvaMed, the Consumer Electronics Association, the Entertainment Software Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Liquid Crystal Polymer Coalition, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Semiconductor Industry Association. This coalition of high-tech companies represents a broad spectrum of manufacturers and service providers in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.
Last week was a busy one at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The signs are very encouraging that the member countries of the WTO are back on track to move the WTO’s trade liberalization agenda forward – from the new International Services Agreement (ISA) to the ongoing negotiations to expand the existing WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA).
