TY - JOUR
T1 - A consensus action agenda for achieving the national health information infrastructure
AU - Yasnoff, William A.
AU - Humphreys, Betsy L.
AU - Overhage, J. Marc
AU - Detmer, Don E.
AU - Brennan, Patricia Flatley
AU - Morris, Richard W.
AU - Middleton, Blackford
AU - Bates, David W.
AU - Fanning, John P.
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - Background Improving the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care will require immediate and ubiquitous access to complete patient information and decision support provided through a National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII). Methods To help define the action steps needed to achieve an NHII, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sponsored a national consensus conference in July 2003. Results Attendees favored a public-private coordination group to guide NHII activities, provide education, share resources, and monitor relevant metrics to mark progress. They identified financial incentives, health information standards, and overcoming a few important legal obstacles as key NHII enablers. Community and regional implementation projects, including consumer access to a personal health record, were seen as necessary to demonstrate comprehensive functional systems that can serve as models for the entire nation. Finally, the participants identified the need for increased funding for research on the impact of health information technology on patient safety and quality of care. Individuals, organizations, and federal agencies are using these consensus recommendations to guide NHII efforts.
AB - Background Improving the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care will require immediate and ubiquitous access to complete patient information and decision support provided through a National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII). Methods To help define the action steps needed to achieve an NHII, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sponsored a national consensus conference in July 2003. Results Attendees favored a public-private coordination group to guide NHII activities, provide education, share resources, and monitor relevant metrics to mark progress. They identified financial incentives, health information standards, and overcoming a few important legal obstacles as key NHII enablers. Community and regional implementation projects, including consumer access to a personal health record, were seen as necessary to demonstrate comprehensive functional systems that can serve as models for the entire nation. Finally, the participants identified the need for increased funding for research on the impact of health information technology on patient safety and quality of care. Individuals, organizations, and federal agencies are using these consensus recommendations to guide NHII efforts.
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U2 - 10.1197/jamia.M1616
DO - 10.1197/jamia.M1616
M3 - Article
C2 - 15187075
AN - SCOPUS:3042765725
SN - 1067-5027
VL - 11
SP - 332
EP - 338
JO - Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
JF - Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
IS - 4
ER -