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
Aaron Todd Iowa Primary Care Association ✔ ✔ Submission File
Alex Taira Ambulatory Surgery Center Association ✔ Submission File
Amy R. Sheon, PhD, MPH National Digital Inclusion Alliance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Andrew Kasarskis Mount Sinai Health System ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
andrew m keller Columbia Unversity ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
April Todd CAQH CORE ✔ ✔ Submission File
Ashley Ashworth The Pew Charitable Trusts ✔ Submission File
Becky Hanson Provation ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Betty Lengyel-Gomez MedInformatix, Inc. ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Bob Hussey Wolters Kluwer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Brandy Altstadter STChealth ✔ Submission File
Brian Scarpelli and Alexandra McLeod Connected Health Initiative ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Brooke Rockwern American College of Physicians ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Camala Price Defense Health Agency & Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Carrie Paykoc Office of eHealth Innovation, State of Colorado ✔ Submission File
Chrissie Juliano Big Cities Health Coalition ✔ ✔ Submission File
Christine Murphy American Academy of Nursing ✔ ✔ Submission File
Cole Leystra Epic ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Craig Newman Altarum ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Cynthia A. Fisher PatientRightsAdvocate.org ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Cynthia Morton NASL ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Dan Soule Health Catalyst ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
David Dieterich The Missouri Health Connection ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
David Pittman National Association of ACOs ✔ Submission File
David Schwartz Cigna ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File