Health Information Technology Analysis

The article, “2016 Report to Congress on HIT Progress,” explains how in the past six years, electronic health record became a highly used resource. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) provided a report that helped deliver a method of reflecting the significance of health IT’s improvement. For example, the report progress stated that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has supported communities by increasing health IT to improve care and change in the way it is delivered. Most hospital employees and health care organization managers understand how the health information technology (IT) is important for society and the government. This act is a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) legislation in 2009 that helps expand the use of health information infrastructure throughout the healthcare. This shows that
IT health infrastructure is progressing, but there is a lot of room for improvement and to achieve despite keeping patient’s privacy safe and secure is the number one priority while exchanging electronic health information for all and individuals. Although the errors incorporated with implementing EHRs are noticeable at this time, The EHR is still necessary and very convenient for health practitioners to use for the care of patients. Consequently, future technologies will reduce the dependence on the medical paper based industry to an electronic one either for acute or ambulatory care. This will provide a more efficient infrastructure and be more beneficial for health care providers when the technology advances. In the future, the federal agency, Congress, and private sector should collaborate in creating new health IT advancements in electronic health information “where is available when and where it matters most.” Hence, health care organizations are looking forward to use the more efficient and effective technological advancements as they provide it to their