A new report from the California Healthcare Foundation says California needs to address “fundamental issues with vision and governance” as it implements the HITECH Act, FierceEMR reports. The report urges developing a statewide vision for HITECH implementation; streamlining and consolidating governance, and recruiting and retaining strong leadership to run the programs. California has received $353 million in Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments. The report states, “Given the lack of tangible progress in expanding (health information exchange) capacity in California through federally funded programs…it is unclear how meaningful the widespread adoption of EHR will be.”
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