HIT Idea: 5-year Strategic Health IT Plan
This article, ONC releases five-year strategic health IT plan, provides some goals to get a National Health IT plan started. The goals include:
- Achieve adoption and information exchange through meaningful use of health IT
- Improve care, population health and reduce healthcare costs through the use of health IT
- Inspire confidence and trust in health IT
- Empower individuals with health IT to improve their health and the healthcare system
- Achieve rapid learning and technological advancement
These goals are definitely something we can use in the Philippines. I think the ICT4Health efforts have similar goals.
The best next step is to formulate an action plan for each goal.
On a more personal note, these goals are not "confined" to the national level. With their broad practical application, even hospitals and other organizations can adopt these goals.
Seems like my 5-year strategic Health IT plan for The Medical City is off to a good start.
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