The Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC)’s task force on addressing barriers to healthcare interoperability met on Oct. 9 to review the Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap, which was released in final form last week by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). The group discussed ways in which aspects of the Roadmap could be integrated into a final HITPC report due to Congress by the end of this year.
The task force, which has drafted out four major recommendations, now plans to include examples in those areas to add clarity and provide the basis for immediate action, according to chairman Paul Tang.
The four recommendations are:
1) Convene a major stakeholder initiative co-led by the federal government (e.g., ONC and CMS) and private sector to act on the ONC Roadmap to accelerate the pace of change toward interoperability.
2) Develop and implement meaningful measures of health information exchange (HIE)-sensitive outcomes for public reporting and payment.
3) Develop and implement HIE-sensitive performance measures for certification and public reporting.
4) Set HIE-sensitive payment initiatives — including performance measure criteria — and a timeline for implementation that establishes clear objectives regarding what must be accomplished under alternative payment models. For the full article click here
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