HealthIT Answers April 21, 2024
The Challenge
Nestled within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), The Indian Health Service (IHS) is responsible for providing comprehensive, culturally appropriate health services to members of federally recognized Native American Tribes and Alaska Native people. In pursuit of its mission to develop “healthy communities and quality health care systems through strong partnerships and culturally responsive practices,” IHS created the Health Information Technology Modernization Program in 2023. This program’s goal: replace the outdated HIT systems with a new, unified electronic health record (EHR) to serve any of the 574 federally recognized tribes choosing to participate.
Like many healthcare systems, siloed clinical information capture, storage, and a lack of digital sharing capabilities impeded care for patients, many of whom...
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