ONC Report: Health IT Progress Stifled by Technical, Financial Barriers

Jan. 16, 2019

While progress has been made in the adoption of health IT across the U.S. healthcare industry, significant interoperability hurdles remain, including technical, financial and trust barriers, according to a report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

Currently, the potential value of health information captured in certified health IT is often limited by a lack of accessibility across systems and across different end users, the ONC report stated. The annual report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and ONC to Congress highlights nationwide health IT infrastructure progress and the use of health data to improve healthcare delivery throughout the U.S.

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