![]() (iii) Evaluate evidence on the benefits and costs of interoperable health information technology and assess to whom these benefits and costs accrue (iv) Address privacy and security issues related to interoperable health information technology and recommend methods to ensure appropriate authorization, authentication, and encryption of data for transmission over the Internet (v) Not assume or rely upon additional Federal resources or spending to accomplish adoption of interoperable health information technology and (vi) Include measurable outcome goals. ![]() (ii) Ensure that key technical, scientific, economic, and other issues affecting the public and private adoption of health information technology are addressed (i) Advance the development, adoption, and implementation of health care information technology standards nationally through collaboration among public and private interests, and consistent with current efforts to set health information technology standards for use by the Federal Government The National Coordinator shall report to the Secretary regarding progress on the development and implementation of the strategic plan within 90 days after the National Coordinator begins operations and periodically thereafter. (a) The National Coordinator shall, to the extent permitted by law, develop, maintain, and direct the implementation of a strategic plan to guide the nationwide implementation of interoperable health information technology in both the public and private health care sectors that will reduce medical errors, improve quality, and produce greater value for health care expenditures. Responsibilities of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator. In fulfilling its responsibilities, the work of the National Coordinator shall be consistent with a vision of developing a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure that: (a) Ensures that appropriate information to guide medical decisions is available at the time and place of care (b) Improves health care quality, reduces medical errors, and advances the delivery of appropriate, evidence-based medical care (c) Reduces health care costs resulting from inefficiency, medical errors, inappropriate care, and incomplete information (d) Promotes a more effective marketplace, greater competition, and increased choice through the wider availability of accurate information on health care costs, quality, and outcomes (e) Improves the coordination of care and information among hospitals, laboratories, physician offices, and other ambulatory care providers through an effective infrastructure for the secure and authorized exchange of health care information and (f) Ensures that patients' individually identifiable health information is secure and protected. (d) The Secretary shall ensure that the National Coordinator begins operations within 90 days of the date of this order. (c) The Secretary shall provide the National Coordinator with appropriate staff, administrative support, and other resources to meet its responsibilities under this order. (b) The National Health Information Technology Coordinator (National Coordinator), appointed by the Secretary in consultation with the President or his designee, will report directly to the Secretary. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) shall establish within the Office of the Secretary the position of National Health Information Technology Coordinator. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to provide leadership for the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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