Is Overreliance on Technical Standards Undermining Efforts to Use IT to Transform the U.S. Health System?
August 1, 2008 | Article, Op-Ed, Essay, Letter
Project HOPE
Health Affairs
Project HOPE
Health Affairs
If we are to unlock the potential of information technology (IT) to help transform the U.S. health system, we need to expand beyond narrowly focused standard setting, according to a new article published today on the Health Affairs Web site.
Considers whether efforts on technology standards absent alignment of policy objectives and financial incentives is "magical thinking" and reports that the nation's health IT coordinator and colleagues say the current policy strikes the right balance.
