Summary of Public Comment for Draft 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan

ONC received 96 comments on the draft 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan during the public comment period. The draft strategy focuses on 4 goals:

  1. Promote Health and Wellness;
  2. Enhance the Delivery and Experience of Care;
  3. Build a Secure, Data-Driven Ecosystem to Accelerate Research and Innovation; and
  4. Connect Healthcare and Health Data through an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure.

As intended by the comment process, comments were submitted by a wide range of stakeholders to include, but not limited to: health professional societies, providers of health services, public health entities, health information technology developers, hospitals, health care payers, health care quality organizations, state entities, health care suppliers of services, health care accreditation organizations, and patient advocates.

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

Name Organization General Goal 1: Promote Health and Wellness Goal 2: Enhance the Delivery and Experience of Care Goal 3: Build a Secure, Data-Driven Ecosystem to Accelerate Research and Innovation Goal 4: Connect Healthcare and Health Data through an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure Submission
Ragnhildur I. Bjarnadottir Alliance for Nursing Informatics ✔ Submission File
Rachel Groman Alliance of Specialty Medicine ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Craig Newman Altarum ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Alex Taira Ambulatory Surgery Center Association ✔ Submission File
Christine Murphy American Academy of Nursing ✔ ✔ Submission File
Natalie Williams American Academy of Pediatrics ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Randi Gold American Association of Nurse Anesthetists ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Joan Kegerize American Clinical Laboratory Association ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Joseph Cody American College of Cardiology ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Jeffrey Davis American College of Emergency Physicians ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Brooke Rockwern American College of Physicians ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Michael Peters American College of Radiology (ACR) ✔ ✔ Submission File
Jill Sage American College of Surgeons (ACS) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Mary Beth Kurilo American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Matt Reid American Medical Association ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Scott Weinberg American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Lisa MillerMS, American Osteopathic Association ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Steve Postal American Physical Therapy Association ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Deepti Loharikar Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Ken Pilecek BCL Business Services, Inc. ✔ Submission File
Chrissie Juliano Big Cities Health Coalition ✔ ✔ Submission File
Lauren Choi BlueCross BlueShield Association ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Josh Kellar, PhD Boston Consulting Group ✔ Submission File
Susan Clark Briljent ✔ Submission File
April Todd CAQH CORE ✔ ✔ Submission File