Health Information Technology: HHS Is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy

Abstract

To prevent medical errors, reduce costs, improve quality, and produce greater value for health care expenditures, President Bush has called for 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1154376

Entities

People

  • David A. Powner
  • Linda D. Koontz

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • House Of Representatives
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Patient Care
  • Public Health
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.