Summary of Public Comment for Draft Strategy

ONC received 208 comments on the draft Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs during the public commenting period. 

The draft strategy focused on 4 areas: clinical documentation, health IT usability and the user experience, EHR reporting, and public health reporting. Many stakeholders commented on more than one focus area in their submissions, with the majority of submissions commenting on health IT usability and the user experience. 

Submission Chart

As intended by the comment process, comments were submitted by a wide range of stakeholders including: Health professional societies, providers of health services, health information technology developers, hospitals, public health entities, health care payers, health care quality organizations, state entities, health care suppliers of services, health care accreditation organizations, and patient advocates. Several stakeholders self-identified as "Other" and encompass a wide variety stakeholders.

For those wishing to review comments submitted relating to this report, please reference the below chart. This chart may be sorted using the dropdown by report section.

Name Organization Clinical Documentation Health IT Usability and the User Experience EHR Reporting Public Health Reporting Other Submission
Dan Soule Health Catalyst ✔ ✔ Submission File
Cynthia Morton NASL ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Craig Newman Altarum ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Colleen Taylor Arthritis Health Associates, PLLC ✔ Submission File
Clara Evans Dignity Health ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Christina Krysinski Powers Pyles Sutter & Vervile PC on behalf of the Physician Clinical Registry Coalition ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Chris Naso American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Chinwe Nwosu America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Cheryl Parker American Nursing Informatics Association ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Chantal Worzala American Hospital Association ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Carol Reynolds Netsmart Technology ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Brooke Rockwern American College of Physicians ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Brian Scarpelli Connected Health Initiative ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Brian Nordberg Private citizen ✔ ✔ Submission File
Brian Moore Tennessee Department of Health ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Brian Hepburn, M.D. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors ✔ Submission File
Brent Steineckert Sharp HealthCare ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Bradley Coffey American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Bonnie Adrian UCHealth ✔ Submission File
Bobby Patrick Medical Alley Association ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Bob Bundy Rokay Services Group, LLC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Betty Lengyel-Gomez MedInformatix, Inc. ✔ ✔ Submission File
Ben Moscovitch The Pew Charitable Trusts ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Badar Minhas international islamic university islamabad, pakistan Submission File
Arvind Patel Arvind M Patel MD ✔ Submission File