The federal government took the most significant step in the history of health information technology (hit) when created the office of the national coordinator for health information technology by executive order. it was then legislatively mandated in the american recovery and reinvestment act (arra) when signed by

Answers: President George W. Bush; President Barrack Obama

The U.S Federal Government took the most momentous step in the history of health information technology (HIT) when President George W. Bush ordered the creation of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The office was thereafter legislatively mandated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) when signed by President Barrack Obama