A
new report funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) describes interoperability challenges in the U.S. health
information technology system and proposes a potential future state
health IT architecture. “A Robust Health Data Infrastructure” includes
recommendations for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and
the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as they
continue to develop the national vision for an effective and efficient interoperable health ecosystem.
The
report, a joint effort between AHRQ, ONC and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, comes at a time of intense effort to adopt certified health
IT, connect care providers to improve population health, build capacity
in the health-care system to use health IT for better health and care,
and support consumer access to health information.
Select to access the report: http://healthit.ahrq.gov/
