As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is without question that the Cures Act will continue to play a distinct role in our work. However, we also find ourselves at the start of a new decade with a remarkable opportunity to look ahead. To that end, ONC has launched a new project called \u201cHealth Interoperability Outcomes 2030.\u201d Later this fall, reflective of public feedback, we intend to publish a prioritized set of interoperability outcomes that align with ONC\u2019s interoperability vision for the nation and the 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. Over the next few months, we\u2019re looking for your take on aspirational and achievable \u201chealth interoperability outcome statements.\u201d Your perspectives will help shape our thinking and what we, as a nation, seek to achieve this decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before anyone gets snarky about \u201chaving to wait until 2030\u201d to reach certain outcomes, we view any of the potential outcomes as having a \u201cno later than\u201d timing to them. In other words, some outcomes could and would be expected to be achieved well before 2030. That being said, anyone who\u2019s worked in this space knows that health care is full of humility. Often, what you think should be easy takes longer and is more complex than you expected. It turns out those policy issues have interdependent technology issues (and vice versa) and those workflow issues are intertwined with economic issues, and frequently it\u2019s some combination or all of the above. Equally, sometimes actions can happen in parallel while others require incremental, serial steps to make progress and gain momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When we know with certainty what we want to accomplish, what outcomes we seek to achieve, it frees us up to be a bit more creative about how we get there. That\u2019s what this effort is all about. Put simply, we\u2019re looking for you to complete the following \u201cfill in the blank\u201d with your best formulation of a health interoperability outcome \u2013 think of it like an interoperability Mad Lib. Below are two alternative framings to get you going, but you can come up with your own variation as well. Keep in mind that a well framed interoperability outcome will be stated concretely with a reasonably intuitive way to measure progress and\/or whether the outcome has been reached by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause of interoperability, ______<\/u> before\/by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause of interoperability, before\/by 2030 [who]<\/u> will [what]<\/u>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, because of interoperability, faxes are no longer used in clinical care before\/by 2030. As another example, because of interoperability, before\/by 2030 everyone that is part of a care team will have accurate, up-to-date clinical information prior to providing care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now it\u2019s your turn. Here\u2019s how you can participate: go to HealthIT.gov\/HealthInterop2030<\/a> or chat us up on Twitter @ONC_HealthIT with #HealthInterop2030<\/a> to send your response. Submissions will be accepted through July 30, 2021. Throughout the response period we\u2019ll be organizing and synthesizing input consistent with our plan to publish a prioritized set of interoperability outcome statements later this fall. Ultimately, this effort will help coordinate and focus our collective actions toward outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the fun parts about working at the Office of the National Coordinator for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_selected_menu":"","_show_breadcrumbs":"true","_blog_show_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"archived-category":[],"featured":[],"topics":[442,432,425,418],"class_list":["post-17681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interoperability","topics-health-it-basics","topics-hit-strategic-planning","topics-hit-policy","topics-interoperability"],"acf":{"blog_authors":[{"blog_author_profiles":"193024"}],"hp_news_hide":false},"yoast_head":"\n![\"health](\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/HIO-2030.jpg?w=1000\")
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