Documents/HHS2003/5: Quality Care/5.5: Electronic Infrastructure

5.5: Electronic Infrastructure

Accelerate the development and use of an electronic health information infrastructure

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How We Will Accomplish Our Objective - Provide leadership to promote the rapid development of the technology necessary for electronic health records, consistent with secure and confidential treatment of health information. - Promote the voluntary adoption of national data standards, within the private and public health sectors, as the building blocks for a national health information infrastructure. - Conduct research on the practical applications of a national health information infrastructure that serves consumers and patients, as well as serving professionals and other decision makers.

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