NAHIT to close doors

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Health Data Management, August 18, 2009

Saying its mission has been accomplished, the National Alliance for Health Information Technology will cease operations on Sept. 30. The Chicago-based organization formed in early 2002 to develop industry consensus on voluntary standards for health information technology. In that time, NAHIT co-founded the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, formed the Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition, and created a public directory of health IT standards.

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