Health Industry Washington Watch

On November 14, 2012, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee is holding a hearing entitled “Is 'Meaningful Use' Delivering Meaningful Results -- An Examination of Health Information Technology Standards and Interoperability.”  Two hearings are scheduled to examine the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis: a November 14 House Energy and Commerce Oversight Subcommittee hearing on "The Fungal Meningitis Outbreak: Could It Have Been Prevented?"  and a November 15 Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing entitled “Pharmacy Compounding: Implications of the 2012 Meningitis Outbreak.”