Healthcare IT News April 16, 2015
In her keynote Thursday morning at HIMSS15, National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, said it’s now time to “focus beyond adoption” of health IT and create an interoperable, learning health system “upon the strong foundation we all have built.”
DeSalvo says she’s participated in about two dozen listening sessions across the country this past year. After talking to the folks on the front lines “about what matters most to them,” she said she’s become “more and more optimistic” about the country’s commitment to leverage health IT for improved outcomes.
She’s also become more aware that it’s important to “meet communities where they are,” she said. This is a big and diverse country, and needs and capabilities with regard to technology can...