ABSTRACT
The US federal government regards health information technology (HIT) as an important action to stimulate growth of the health information economy.To implement HIT,the federal government proposed a tiered plan from organization guarantee,institutional innovation,HIT system design to economy stimulating mechanism,and to health care providers as well.In view of China's HIT development,it is proposed that HIT must proceed with healthcare reform in parallel.Stage-setup by the government,competition among enterprises,and active role of medical service providers constitute fundamental guarantee to ensure HIT go on wheels.Electronic health records of individuals should play key roles in promoting pragmatic and shared medicine health care information system.