Karen DeSalvo, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology has proposed that ONC become more forward-thinking.
Karen DeSalvo, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology has proposed that ONC become “more forward-thinking.”
At a Health Information Policy Committee on Tuesday, of which she is the chair, she urged the committee to consider what needs to change.
DeSalvo suggested the ONC dissolve its current workgroups and form new ones, in an effort to make ONC’s work into a “less siloed approach.” She envisions consumer and privacy advocates participating across all the groups.
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