National Progress Report on eHealth

eHI’s National Progress Report on eHealth tracks the progress of eHealth in the wake of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and various other state and local initiatives. The National Progress Report is intended to support current leadership efforts, including those involving the Administration, Congress, and private sector organizations that have been working on health IT for many years. The National Progress Report does the following:

• Identifies activities and assesses progress against goals set in 2007;
• Highlights key trends, actions and strategies that still need to be addressed;
• Reevaluates plans and priorities in light of developments of the past two years; and
• Creates a framework for a national dialogue among relevant stakeholders.

Multi-stakeholder committees comprised of more than one hundred experts representing the spectrum of health and health IT stakeholders were charged with compiling information and assessing progress in five focus areas:

• Aligning Incentives
• Engaging Consumers
• Improving Population Health
• Managing Privacy, Security & Confidentiality
• Transforming Care Delivery

 The report and a brief summary are now available on the Commonwealth Fund website