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Tham khảo sách 'health information technology hhs is taking steps to develop a national', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | GAO United States Government Accountability Office_ Report to the Chairman Committee on the Budget House of Representatives May 2005 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HHS Is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy GAO-05-628 May 2005 À GAO _ RMtosAy Highlights Highlghte of GAOO5-628. a raped to the Chairman Coovnttoo on tho Budget. House of Reprssoccatkes Why GAO Did This Study 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 arid administration by implementing IT solutions. GAO was ãsked to provide an overview of HHS s recent efforts to develop a national health IT strategy for realizing the President s vision and to identity lessons learned from DOD s VAX and other countries experiences tn implementing health IT. What GAO Recommends To accelerate the adoption of interoperable IT for health care GAO recommends that the Secretary of Health and Human Services establish and follow detailed plans and set milestones for each phase of HHS s framework for strategic action. In commenting on a draft of this report DOD HHS. and VA concurred with our results HHS agreed with our recommendation. Technical comments were incorporated in this report as appropriate. rpt GAOO6-628. To vtow the full product inducing tho scops and methodology dick on the ink above. For more nfocnehen contact David A Povtnef. 202 512-9286 ponnordỡ . HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOG HHS Is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy What GAO Found The Secretary of HHS appointed the National Coordinator for Health I May 2004. In July 2004 the