National Broadband Plan: Ch. 10 on Healthcare

RESOURCE TYPE
White Paper
FILE TYPE
PDF
DATE ADDED
November 17, 2011
AUTHOR(S)
mHIMSS

Sections 10.3–10.5 provide recommendations concerning four critical areas in which the government should take action to help unlock the value of broadband and health IT: better reimbursement, modern regulation, increased data capture and utilization and sufficient connectivity.
This chapter has five sections. Section 10.1 reviews the potential value that broadband-enabled health IT solutions can unlock. Section 10.2 offers an overview of current health IT utilization in America, reviews recent federal government actions to enhance utilization of health IT and highlights outstanding challenges.