title: HHS shifts IT into high gear. New plan to promote information technology released to mostly good reviews, but concerns remain about its scope and funding.
abstract: HHS released an updated plan on promoting IT, and it won praise for its broad scope and organization. But there were criticisms--that it wasn't forceful enough in pushing for adoption and didn't do enough to marshal federal resources to meet goals. "The strong points are the emphasis on EHR adoption and interoperability ... on the other hand, the overall adoption goal was low," physician Andrew Ury, left, says.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conn
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005380:Financing, Government; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services