Healthcare IT News March 1, 2017
John Halamka, MD

At a pivotal moment for healthcare, it’s time to reform regulatory approaches, improve access to data for care coordination, establish a national patient ID and more.

At HIMSS17, I listened carefully to payers, providers, patients, developers, and researchers. Below is a distillation of what I heard from thousands of stakeholders.

This list is not partisan, and does not criticize the work of any person in industry, government or academia. It reflects lessons learned from the past 20 years of healthcare IT implementation and policymaking. Knowing where we are now and where we want to be, here are 10 guiding principles.

1. Stop designing health IT by regulation. Through its certification program, ONC directs the specific features, functionality, and design of...

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