Health Information Technology: HHS Is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy;Report to the Congress

摘要

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and implement a strategic plan to guide the nationwide implementation of health information technology (IT) in both the public and private health care sectors. The Departments of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA), along with other countries, have already taken steps to improve health care delivery and administration by implementing IT solutions. GAO was asked to provide an overview of HHSs recent efforts to develop a national health IT strategy for realizing the Presidents vision, and to identify lessons learned from DODs, VAs, and other countries experiences in implementing health IT.