“The final 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan released today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is laser focused – unsurprisingly, given the goals of recent rulemakings – on ensuring Americans’ easy access to their own electronic health information.”
“ONC worked with more than two dozen federal organizations and drew upon public comment for the plan (PDF), which is mandated by the 2009 HITECH Act.”
“The agencies that collaborated on 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and others – regulate, purchase, develop, and use health information technology to help deliver care and improve patient health at the local, tribal, state, and national level.”
“The goal of the strategic plan – a draft of which was published in January – is to ‘serve as a roadmap for these initiatives and activities, and as a catalyst for complementary activities in the private sector,’ according to ONC…”
“The most recent strategic plan was released in 2015 and pointed the way toward a new innovation in the post-EHR implementation era.”
“Now, the next five year plan looks toward continuing to improve ‘access, exchange and use’ of health data across the ecosystem.”
“The key principles outlined in the plan include…” Read the full article here.
Source: HHS unveils new 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan – By Mike Miliard, October 30, 2020. Healthcare IT News.
