EHR Intelligence February 28, 2017
Limited progress in improving and promoting EHR use in post-acute care at HHS has prompted GAO to suggest a reevaluation of the federal agency’s efforts.
Earlier this week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued recommendations for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to improve EHR use and health data exchange in post-acute care settings.
Despite the federal agency’s own goal to promote EHR use in post-acute settings (e.g., nursing facilities, long-term care hospitals), GAO found that HHS has fallen short in achieving its own goal in two ways: failing both to assess the effectiveness of its efforts thoroughly and to have a comprehensive plan in place to meet its own goals for post-acute care EHR use and health...
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