ONC accepted public comments on Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap Draft Version 1.0. The comment period ended on April 3, 2015.
The draft Roadmap proposes critical actions that need to be taken by both private and public stakeholders to advance the nation towards a more connected, interoperable health IT infrastructure and was drafted by ONC based on input from private and public stakeholders. The draft Roadmap outlines the critical actions for different stakeholder groups necessary to help achieve an interoperable health IT ecosystem.
Interoperability Comments
America's Health Insurance Plans
Please see attached comment letter on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans and our members.
interoperability_roadmap_comments_april_1.pdfAmerica's Health Insurance Plans
Please see attached comments on the Interoperability Roadmap on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans and our members.
interoperability_roadmap_comments_april_1.pdfPlease do not legislate this invasion of privacy and personal responsibility for health care. We are losing our rights as citizens and healthcare is the most essential thing to many of us.
Open Health Records
I oppose this plan.
This bill makes patients vulnerable to hacking of patient data-2nd-no privacy-destroys hipaa a great doctor-patinet relationship-3rd-changes medical practice by giving outsiders access to data
MEDICAL CARE IS NOT A PROPER FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS INTERFERING IN THE MEDICAL CARE AND PRIVACY OF ANY AMERICAN.
self
I DO NOT SUPPORT the takeover of the health care system by the U S government.
1. Our medical records are a personal matter and none of the business of the government. We should not be subject to the whims of the government when seeking treatment, nor should doctors be given directive by the government in treating patients.
2. This over reach is trashing the HIPPA laws, which were meant to protect patients and their individual sovereignity.
3. By having records available on the Internet, they will be subject to hacking and intrusion by outside entities/governments.
4. Doctors should be more concerned with the patient than with complying to goverment regulations governing their practices. The government has no business in doctors' offices. If this continues people will opt for doctors who do not necessesarily follow the AMA and other entitites. It will stifle science. Doctors will return to holistic methods of treatment and work outside the governmental framework.
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT OWN MY BODY, OR MY LIFE, OR MY MEDICAL INFORMATION. NOR DO THEY OWN THE LIVES OR BODIES, OR INFORMATION OR PRIVACY OF MY PATIENTS.
Citizens for a Smaller Government
Proposes to repeal federal law that allows state legislatures to enact true medical privacy laws for citizens. The Roadmap proposes to undo state’s rights under HIPAA to enact state laws and conform all state laws to federal HIPAA “no privacy” rule. (p. 67)
Views patient data as public property rather than personal property: “Data holders … should ensure standards are prioritized, developed and implemented to support the public interest, national priorities and the rights of individuals.” (p. 33)
Makes patients vulnerable to hacking of patient data: “As health IT systems have become increasingly connected to each other, cyber threats have concurrently increased at a significant rate. In an interoperable, interconnected health system, an intrusion in one system could allow intrusions in multiple other systems.” (p. 55)