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
Leslie Krigstein Livongo ✔ ✔ Submission File
Michelle Dougherty LTPAC Health IT Collaborative ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Drew Ivan Lyniate ✔ Submission File
Robert Tennant Medical Group Management Association ✔ ✔ Submission File
Betty Lengyel-Gomez MedInformatix, Inc. ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Nick Lyon Michigan Health Information Network ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Kari Guida Minnesota Department of Health ✔ ✔ Submission File
Zack Hornberger MITA ✔ Submission File
Andrew Kasarskis Mount Sinai Health System ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Cynthia Morton NASL ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
David Pittman National Association of ACOs ✔ Submission File
Paul Cotton National Committee for Quality Assurance ✔ Submission File
Amy R. Sheon, PhD, MPH National Digital Inclusion Alliance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Denise Zabawski Nationwide Children's Hospital ✔ Submission File
Paul Wilson NCPDP National Council for Prescription Drug Programs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Valerie Grey New York eHealth Collaborative ✔ Submission File
Stephanie Fraser NextGate ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Halley Simpson Wilk OCHIN ✔ Submission File
Carrie Paykoc Office of eHealth Innovation, State of Colorado ✔ Submission File
Cynthia A. Fisher PatientRightsAdvocate.org ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Shelly Spiro Pharmacy HIT Collaborative ✔ Submission File
Greg Fulton Philips ✔ Submission File
Tricia Lee Rolle Point-of-Care Partners ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Becky Hanson Provation ✔ ✔ ✔ Submission File
Sarabeth Zemel Providence St. Joseph Health ✔ ✔ Submission File