PARCA eNews – Dec. 10, 2014 – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for 2015-2020 on Dec. 8 and is open for comment.
The Strategic Plan serves as the broad federal strategy setting the context and framing the Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap that will be released in early 2015. The Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap will help to define the implementation of how the federal government and private sector will approach sharing health information.
The U.S. Government has led this charge as a major payer, purchaser and provider of health care and associated health IT and through programs associated with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009.
HITECH accelerated the adoption of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology among hospitals and providers, with 93 percent of eligible hospitals and 76 percent of physicians and eligible professionals taking part in the first stage of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.
“The success of this plan is also dependent upon insights from public and private stakeholders and we encourage their comments,” said Karen DeSalvo, M.D., national coordinator for health IT and acting assistant secretary for health.
Click to view the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020. The period to comment on the Strategic Plan ends Feb. 6, 2015.
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