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A policy is a purposeful plan of action or inaction developed to deal with a problem or a matter of concern in either the public or private sector. A policy includes the authoritative guidelines that direct human behavior toward a set of specific goals and provides the structure to direct action, including guidelines to impose sanctions that affect the conduct of affairs. Policies can be determined by the private or public sector that together can have a significant and long-lasting impact on communities and individuals. It is important to recognize that public policies are result of the politics and values of those determining the policy. governments create public by making decisions regarding a health issue such …show more content…
The intent of the certification program was to provide a form of consumer protection to prospective purchasers of EHRs, ensuring that EHRs were capable of meeting meaningful-use requirements.
The HITECH Act tasked the ONC and the HITPC with studying technical and policy approaches to improving the security and privacy of electronic health information. Developing such solutions will probably require a multifaceted strategy that involves technical, educational, legal, and policy interventions by many public and private stakeholders. For example, most breaches of security in health information systems result from simple human error or carelessness, not from technical failings or outside hacking.
The difficulty of using current EHRs constitutes a major potential barrier to their adoption and meaningful use. Poor usability can result in errors that threaten patient safety, loss of productivity, and the failure to realize the quality and efficiency benefits of health information technology. The ONC is working with the NIST, other federal agencies, and EHR vendors to develop valid and reliable tests of usability so that providers can better assess health technology before they acquire and install …show more content…
It does so by introducing a new legal structure for healthcare that seeks to realign the system away from concepts of largesse and toward an expectation of equity, not just in access to health insurance coverage, but in the receipt of healthcare that is appropriate in both level and quality. With time, careful implementation, and effective oversight and enforcement, the ACA has the potential to improve healthcare access and quality for LEP individuals and to reduce communication barriers between patients and providers. The ACA positions the nation for this important advance through a series of reforms, some aimed at reducing barriers to health insurance coverage, some directly aimed at building health system capacity in communities in which it is needed, and some by focusing the nation on the development of national standards that permit the evaluation of quality at the critical sub-population level, where disparities in health and healthcare appear. In essence, the ACA attempts to bend the health equity curve by introducing a legal architecture within the healthcare system that seeks to place its financial transaction dimensions within the broader context of
A policy is a purposeful plan of action or inaction developed to deal with a problem or a matter of concern in either the public or private sector. A policy includes the authoritative guidelines that direct human behavior toward a set of specific goals and provides the structure to direct action, including guidelines to impose sanctions that affect the conduct of affairs. Policies can be determined by the private or public sector that together can have a significant and long-lasting impact on communities and individuals. It is important to recognize that public policies are result of the politics and values of those determining the policy. governments create public by making decisions regarding a health issue such …show more content…
The intent of the certification program was to provide a form of consumer protection to prospective purchasers of EHRs, ensuring that EHRs were capable of meeting meaningful-use requirements.
The HITECH Act tasked the ONC and the HITPC with studying technical and policy approaches to improving the security and privacy of electronic health information. Developing such solutions will probably require a multifaceted strategy that involves technical, educational, legal, and policy interventions by many public and private stakeholders. For example, most breaches of security in health information systems result from simple human error or carelessness, not from technical failings or outside hacking.
The difficulty of using current EHRs constitutes a major potential barrier to their adoption and meaningful use. Poor usability can result in errors that threaten patient safety, loss of productivity, and the failure to realize the quality and efficiency benefits of health information technology. The ONC is working with the NIST, other federal agencies, and EHR vendors to develop valid and reliable tests of usability so that providers can better assess health technology before they acquire and install …show more content…
It does so by introducing a new legal structure for healthcare that seeks to realign the system away from concepts of largesse and toward an expectation of equity, not just in access to health insurance coverage, but in the receipt of healthcare that is appropriate in both level and quality. With time, careful implementation, and effective oversight and enforcement, the ACA has the potential to improve healthcare access and quality for LEP individuals and to reduce communication barriers between patients and providers. The ACA positions the nation for this important advance through a series of reforms, some aimed at reducing barriers to health insurance coverage, some directly aimed at building health system capacity in communities in which it is needed, and some by focusing the nation on the development of national standards that permit the evaluation of quality at the critical sub-population level, where disparities in health and healthcare appear. In essence, the ACA attempts to bend the health equity curve by introducing a legal architecture within the healthcare system that seeks to place its financial transaction dimensions within the broader context of