HIMSS Call to Action: Achieve Nationwide, Ubiquitous, Secure Electronic Exchange of Health Information
HIMSS October 11, 2017
Patients’ lives, the health and security of our nation’s citizens, and the health of the US economy are – in part – reliant on ensuring the right people have the right access to the right health information at the right time. While we have made great strides over the past generation, seamless, secure, nationwide interoperable health information exchange continues to elude us.
For many years, HIMSS and our valued collaborators have worked relentlessly on ensuring individuals and organizations routinely use secure, trust-worthy, interoperable technologies and work flows to promote wellness, as well as protect and improve the health status of patients and populations. While we’ve made much progress, and entire careers have been spent creating the building blocks and putting...