HIMSS Statement On The ONC Interoperability Roadmap

HIMSS reaffirms its commitment to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost effectiveness of healthcare by achieving widespread secure, electronic exchange of health information. ONC’s Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap is intended to put our Nation on the path to a Learning Health System--where standardized, electronic health information is securely available when needed for patients and providers to engage and drive actionable outcomes.

HIMSS supports the four critical pathways identified in the Roadmap that focus on using consensus-based standards, enabling the shift in payment policies from fee-for-service to value-based models, and aligning federal and state privacy and security requirements that enable interoperability. And we support ONC’s commitments that accompany the Roadmap.

To ensure the right person has the right information about the right patient at the right time, HIMSS’s leadership in interoperability testing, IT certification, and patient data matching remains strong.

About HIMSS North America
HIMSS North America, a business unit within HIMSS, positively transforms health and healthcare through the best use of information technology in the United States and Canada. As a cause-based non-profit, HIMSS North America provides thought leadership, community building, professional development, public policy, and events. HIMSS North America represents 61,000 individual members, 640 corporate members, and over 450 non-profit organizations. Thousands of volunteers work with HIMSS to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, access, and value of healthcare through IT. Major initiatives within HIMSS North America include the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, National Health IT Week, HIMSS Innovation Center, HIMSS Interoperability Showcases, HIMSS Health IT Value Suite, and ConCert by HIMSS.