HealthIT Answers February 27, 2023
To Improve Patient Access to Health Information
Workgroup Will Share Experiences, Priorities, and Recommendations To Improve Consumer Access to their Electronic Health Information
The Sequoia Project (@SequoiaProject), a non-profit and trusted advocate for nationwide health information exchange, launched the Consumer Voices Workgroup to understand first-hand from consumers the barriers they face accessing, using, and sharing their health information and to inform strategies to address the barriers. The non-profit, known for convening industry and government within its Interoperability Matters cooperative, is engaging consumers, patients, care partners, and caregivers for the first time in its pursuit of nationwide seamless, secure health information sharing for better and more effective healthcare.
Workgroup members were selected to reflect the diversity of U.S. consumers, and members...