healthcare_cloud-100619728-primary.idge The deadline for public comments on the 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory, recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is just over a week away, on Nov. 6.

The report represents a 10-year roadmap, guiding healthcare organizations and patients on how to share their medical information. To learn more, read this article from www.cio.com.

“The plan defines efforts to improve the nation’s healthcare system through the use of interoperable health information technology, including a focus on person-centered and self-managed care and an overall improvement of outcomes. ‘In order for us to be able to understand the quality of care delivered for individuals and for populations, we need to have that data available,’ said Dr. Karen DeSalvo, the national coordinator for health IT.”

Get the full story at www.cio.com.