Health IT Advisory Committee Votes to Add to USCDI Dataset

摘要

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's (ONC's) Health IT Advisory Committee (HITAC) voted in May 2019 to add multiple new sets of demographic data to the US Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) dataset. The new data includes: Current and previous addresses; Mobile and landline phone numbers; Email addresses; Last four digits of a patient's Social Security number. The thought is that the additional data will help to improve patient health record matching, which has been a consistent area of concern for the healthcare industry. The full recommendations from the USCDI Task Force referenced by HITAC are available online at www. healthit.gov/sites/default/files/facas/ USCDI_Phase1_Draft_Recommenda-tions_Letter.pdf.