| Health Information Technology: HHS is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy
United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), May 27, 2005
(Web-posted May 31, 2005), 92 pages
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 in both the public and private health care sectors. Health Information Technology (IT) is used to support health care quality and efficiency by providing tools to improve patient care and to reduce administration overhead. This report is an overview of HHS's recent efforts to develop a national health IT and to identify lessons learned from DOD's, VA's, and other countries' experiences in implementing health IT.
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