We're pleased that Sen. Bill Frist, no stranger to both the successes of and obstacles to quality health care delivery in this country, has identified health information technology as the critical area of health care reform that it is ("Medical records remedy," Commentary, Wednesday). The 160 chief executive officers of Business Roundtable, whose companies provide health care coverage for more than 34 million Americans, have strongly supported efforts to implement a health IT infrastructure as a concrete step that can be taken immediately to improve health care quality and affordability and strengthen our economy. In fact, an interoperable health IT infrastructure will save the system a projected $165 billion by improving quality and efficiency.

We applaud the leadership of Mr. Frist and his colleagues in both the Senate and the House for passing health IT bills. We have a real opportunity to make tremendous improvements to our health care system by bringing to it the benefits of 21st-century technology. Congress should capitalize on the momentum behind health IT legislation and finish the job without delay.