HealthIT.gov April 2, 2024

Health IT has become integral to health care delivery and this trend has accelerated since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. Hundreds of thousands of physician offices, hospitals, and health systems now use ONC-certified health IT to store, process, access, exchange, and use electronic health information (EHI), setting the groundwork for nationwide interoperability. A new report to Congress provides updates on this progress led and coordinated by ONC. The report focuses on the significant work done over the past year to connect nationwide, trusted health information networks and serves as a progress update to the 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.

While nationwide health information networks have made considerable...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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