David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog : news & perspectives from a long-time egov advocate
Updated: 7/30/2004; 7:43:16 AM.

 



















 
 

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

From HHS:

"Today HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson released the first outline of a 10-year plan to build a national electronic health information infrastructure in the United States. The report, "The Decade of Health Information Technology: Delivering Consumer-centric and Information-Rich Health Care," lays out the broad steps needed to achieve always-current, always-available electronic health records (EHR) for Americans."

Several key initiatives are part of this plan:

  • Within 10 years, most Americans should have online access to their health records.  This should also help facilitate the transfer of information between hospitals and physicians.
  • The records will be available through a Medicare beneficiary portal.

The plan was prepared by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.  This position was created by executive order near the end of April.


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