California HealthCare Foundation NHIN Report

On January 17, 2008, the California HealthCare Foundation released are report entitled: Gauging the Progress of the National Health Information Technology Initiative: Perspectives from the Field. Authored by Bruce Merlin Fried, a noted authority and past architect of the Clinton health plan and many other initiatives, the report draws its conclusions on the basis of interviews with nearly two dozen leaders and experts in health information technology. The report suggests that while the federal initiative has raised awareness about a number of important issues, NHIN has not produced the kind of fundamental changes needed to assure the realization of a nationwide EHR system.

• Follow this link to the Report home page